In the Politics of Hate…

Gagged and Hogtied... For Opening Ya Mouf
Originally uploaded by Phalanx.

The Democratic nomination process is going to sour the general electorate on politics in general, but for Democrats specifically. Maureen Dowd of the NYTimes dropped this bomb on Hillary Clinton in her most recent column - Hillary is going for “the Tonya Harding option” — if she can’t get the gold, kneecap her rival. And even Clinton supporters know that Bill does not want to be replaced as the first "black" president, especially by a REAL black president with enough ju-ju to possibly eclipse him in the history books.

Mr. Obama said: “What I’m certain about is that people are disenchanted with a highly ideological GOP that believes tax cuts are the answer to every problem, and lack of regulation and oversight is always going to generate economic growth, and unilateral intervention around the world is the best approach to foreign policy. So there’s no doubt the pendulum is swinging.”

The policy debates between the two have been long exhausted, so the only way to get the public really engaged is by poking some raw national wound.