Democrat meltdown begins as loss of Senate looms larger

American Thinker ^ | October 6, 2014 | Rick Moran

[right-wing agnostic]

With Republican chances improving by the day to take over the Senate, national Democrats have already begun the time honored tradition of blaming everyone but themselves for defeat.

The goal; get into the press first with your denial of responsibility and then when catastrophe strikes on election day, you can say "I told ya so" and retreat with little blame attached. It doesn't always work, but it's better than the alternative.

We saw Republicans engage in this feces flinging in the weeks before the elections of 2008 and 2012. Now, it is apparently the turn of the Democrats.

The finger pointing began in earnest last week, says The Hill:

Democrats are starting to play the blame game as they face the possibility of losing the Senate in November.

Tempers are running high a month out from Election Day, with polls showing Democratic candidates trailing in the crucial battleground states that will decide whether the Congress flips to Republican control.

ADVERTISEMENT The behind-the-scenes tension broke into the open last week when former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) questioned Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) decision not to endorse Democrat Rick Weiland in South Dakota’s Senate race.

Pro-immigrant advocacy groups, meanwhile, are saying Democrats should not blame them if Hispanic voters don’t turn up to the polls on Election Day. They say President Obama made a tactical blunder by postponing an executive order easing deportations.

And grassroots organizers are grumbling about Alison Lundergan Grimes’s bid to take down Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), arguing her campaign has been disorganized.

[csivils]

“As you can see from the early posts on this thread, there are many Freepers very upset to read this. Distraught, upset, at a loss for words, in denial. They have forgotten that when Democrats lose, that’s good. We can sort out all the rest later.”

Is “Sort out all” the new phrase for being sold out by Rinos?

The letter R doesn’t improve our country, good legislation does. If a GOP takeover manages to accomplish something in the next two years, I’m ready to give them credit... But their history does not inspire hope.

[tanknetter]

The great unknown is the extent to which Democrat big-data GOTV systems (Narwhal, Catalist) will play the same role they allegedly played in 2012. Turning out segments of voters that weren’t captured within the models used by polling firms to project results.

If those systems work like they’re thought to have in 2012 the Dems keep the Senate, possibly limiting Republican gains to a seat or two. If that happens the GOP should really just pack it in and call it quits.

[jaydee770]

I’m looking at this as an exceptional case. Grimes won’t be in a position of leadership. McConnell will control (ie block, stall, sit on, ignore) conservative legislation. I see McConnell as the *much* bigger risk.

[jaydee770]

I’m looking at this as an exceptional case. Grimes won’t be in a position of leadership. McConnell will control (ie block, stall, sit on, ignore) conservative legislation. I see McConnell as the *much* bigger risk.

[jaydee770]

I’m looking at this as an exceptional case. Grimes won’t be in a position of leadership. McConnell will control (ie block, stall, sit on, ignore) conservative legislation. I see McConnell as the *much* bigger risk.

[ExCTCitizen]

I’d rather have McConnell than Grimes. Now if Cruz and Lee could challenge McConnell as Senate Majority Leader, it would be good.

[Theophilus]

I understand the argument of how his perpetual office could likely be the worst outcome. The guy is a loathsome and powerful traitor. But I can’t vote for Grimes to punish him. God knows what’s worst/best not me. He’s pretty old. Maybe he’ll win by a tiny margin and resign for health reasons before his term is up leaving us in a better position to elect Thomas Massie to the Senate instead of creating a Democrat incumbent.

[jaydee770]

But I can’t vote for Grimes to punish him.

Couldn't agree more -- I'm not interested in punishing McConnell either. I want him out to guarantee he has no chance of being the legislative gatekeeper in the senate should conservatives take the majority. I want to avoid punishing the nation by his blocking conservative legislation due to his chronic spinelessness and weakness for capitulation to, or outright agreement with, the dem agenda.

If McConnell's loss helps Cruz (or similar) become senate maj leader, then I think that option is worth some serious, sober consideration.

[jaydee770]

Now if Cruz and Lee could challenge McConnell as Senate Majority Leader, it would be good.

I'm thinking Grimes in the senate is no threat (newbie, no power, no position of influence). McConnell *out* of the senate opens the door even wider for Cruz or similar. If we could get Cruz as Senate Maj Leader, instead of a GOPe squish... Man, oh man...

I just think gaining a majority in the senate will be an exercise in frustration and further disappointment with McConnell at the helm.