In somewhat shocking news my weak willed and spineless Representative Brad Schneider (IL-10) decided to step out of his hole of temerity and... hand the GOP their biggest victory since 11/04.
I guess, Rep. Schneider thought he hadn't done enough to help the GOP by working hard against Obamacare, undermining social security, and fumbling away a race in a safe Dem district. (Seriously, he lost to a Republican in what will be the most Democratic district represented by the GOP.)
Last night he decided to demonstrate just once again that he is absolutely clueless and hand Republicans yet one more victory.
I was extraordinarily suspicious of Schneider during the 2012 primary, mostly because of his track record of donating to Republicans. (A bad thing for Dem candidates, IMO) But never in my wildest imagination did I think he would be responsible for not only fumbling his seat back to the GOP, but for also helping steer the country towards the next big Wall St bailout. The man has been more of a disaster in Congress than I thought possible.
What can we do to stop this in the future? I'm going to do my part in IL-10 and try to get a real Democrat to run in the 2016 primary. (Tree? Sheyman?) But the rest of you can help too by stop donating to candidates who won't support us. Schneider raced the bulk of his money by reaching out to liberal grassroots activists across the country and hoping they wouldn't do their homework on him and donate anyway. He depended upon ActBlue. There is zero doubt in my mind Brad Schneider is going to try and run again in 2016. Do you think it's possible that this vote will finally make all true Democrats wake up and realize this guy does not deserve a dime of our money or a second of our time?
I hate blaming liberals for the Democrat's problems. But, if we make the same mistake again and funnel this incompetent money through ActBlue again in 2016, then I have to say we will truly be getting the government we deserve.