Red State fills us in on Roll Call Contributing Writer Stuart Rothenberg's deconstruction of the crack "campaign strategists" at a couple of prominent leftoid blogs including my personal fave, the Fat-faced Punk. Lots of good clean fun for the whole family:
But when it comes to campaign savvy or understanding how the campaign committees operate, two of the most high-profile liberal bloggers have an exaggerated sense of their own importance and insights.Gosh, I thought Kos had the smooth moves down pat!
As one of the commenters observes:
"I only wish he hadn't written this piece, leaving our friends to blindly cut off their own legs. Then again, I've not seen anything to give the indication that they will be influenced by this article, anymore than they follow political history."Hey, split the difference like John Kerry! Be a flaming leftoid except when you are conning the folks to vote for you.
True enough, but this could encourage mainstream Democrats to become less panicky at the prospect of facing the disapproval of their activist base. Which would be a good thing for the country in general, but not so good for the GOP. :)
