Last night one of the talking heads on MSNBC commented about the "contrarian" position among Democrats, to wit: the longer the primary process continues, the more press the Democrats get, and the better their chances in November. This position was generally discounted, on the grounds that McCain and the Republicans would spend that time building their campaign machine.
As I've noted earlier, I'm a simple man, and I generally have trouble seeing beyond surface reality. It seems to me, however, that if money is the mother's milk of politics, publicity is its oxygen. And if all the publicity is going to the Clinton-Obama race, the McCain campaign will suffocate.
Beyond this, there's John McCain's established aversion to fundraising. The Republicans are facing a lack of money; McCain's well-publicized problems with Federal matching funds is just part of it; the Democratic Senatorial and Congressional committees have been outraising their Republican counterparts, leaving the Republicans with the choice of funding their Presidential campaign or their legislative races, but not both.
From a purely tactical standpoint, we've come out of VOTR Tuesday in great shape. There's now only one Republican running, and the most vocal wing of their party isn't at all happy with him. Our candidates can concentrate their rhetoric in his direction, while he has to divide his limited resources. We've got two strong candidates, two excellent public speakers, while john McCain speeches constitute an all-natural alternative to Lunesta. Has there ever been a sharper contrast between the vision of progress and yet another old white man?
So join with me today, fellow Democrats, in cheering our valiant candidates as they gang up on the Republicans and beat them into the dust.