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Remember The Democrat Primaries – For Future Reference

August 25th, 2008 at 07:16 by MsUnderestimated

I say that because we need to keep notes about what happened as we’ll need it for ammo in the general election. What we’ve witnessed is unprecedented. The warring factions in the Democrat party are damn near history-making. We’ve seen fights and arguments about delegate rules, popular vote vs. delegate count, and endless capitulations to make the losing party “feel good” about the outcome, even though rules were broken (i.e., Michigan and Florida). Remember that infamous election in the not-too-distant past when the Democrats fought with the Republicans about the “popular vote?” Get ready to engage in a fight for the ages in the general election. Especially considering the race now appears to be neck-and-neck between Obama and McCain.

So, what we’ll need to arm ourselves with in these arguments is this: “Wait – you guys bent, re-created, twisted, and morphed the rules during your primary; so why are these rules so hard-and-fast now?” Count on it. If the race in November is as tight as it is now, look for the Democrats to change their views on the rules – again.

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MsUnderestimated

By the way... I forgot to thank you both for visiting my blog. You're always welcome and comments encouraged.

MsUnderestimated

Brian, you are correct, sadly. However, the Democrat party has a faction of its members who are not content with the choice they now have. But, like most Republicans, they too will hold their nose and vote at the polls for the best choice they have.

MsUnderestimated

Goat, I beg to differ with you. I use the term "Democrat" party specifically because it is the proper term used when discussing the party as well as the primary in this context. If your grammatical reference were correct, we would refer to the "Republic" party, which we don't. "Democratic" is an adjective, not a noun. If we were discussing the process, as it were, then democratic would be appropriate. However, it is not correct grammatically in the context in which I use use it.

By the way...I hope you don't think we live in a democracy, because we don't. We live in a representative republic.

The Goat

Great blog, love reading it. My only criticism is a grammatical one...it should be "Democratic" not "Democrat" when referring to the party of the primary.

Brian

Perhaps you should consider another angle. The democrats had two candidates they loved and were excited about and had a really hard time picking between them. The Republicans weren't that thrilled with any of their candidates and many are unhappy or only mildly supportive of the guy that they ended up with as a candidate.