And when that's the case usually the fans will demand a change of management. The question is which Dem will get the ax? Dean? If so will the moonbats support the move or is he still their guy?
I think they will drop him like a bad habit
To: StoneWall BrigadeThe Dems and the MSM have set the bar so high that anything short of Pelosi becoming speaker will come as a big shock to the Dummies. When your fans expect you to win the World Series they won't be satisfied with just a playoff appearance.
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To: StoneWall BrigadeAnd when that's the case usually the fans will demand a change of management. The question is which Dem will get the ax? Dean? If so will the moonbats support the move or is he still their guy?
I've been thinking about this possibility for quite a while. Ever since the DBM started their "it's inevitable that the dims will sweep" mantra. I'm basically a contrarian, so the more they tried to tell me that was foregone conclusion the more I resisted. I've been saying for a long time that I think we'll pick up seats, or at the worst lose only a few, but definitely not control of either house. I've added reasons other than just pure cussedness, such as the dims not having anything to run on except hatred for George Bush. The thing that really has me convinced that I'm on the right track is that the DBM has felt it necessary to grotesquely under sample Republicans in their polls and basically say to hell with logic in explaining that. And the trend is still against them, even in their own polls.
So, with that as my outlook, I've been wondering what will happen afterwards. First and foremost I think that the Democrat party as we know it will cease to exist. I don't think that Dean will so much be dismissed as that he'll break away and go out to set up the "real Democrat Party." Maybe the Social Democrats or Progressive Democrats, but something like that. He'll try and take all of the Soros money and all of those moonbats with him, as well. There'll be a problem there as a lot of those organizations are run by Hillary's people, so there will be a split there. The question is will Hillary go to the DLC types, who will likely gravitate to Joe Lieberman, or will she try to set up a rival "progressive" movement? Bill was the DLC guy, while Hillary has always been to the left of them. I don't know if they'll embrace her. She may try to salvage the existing Democrat party, maybe by putting Bill in charge, but I don't think that will work.
The ethnic parts of the coalition will likely go look elsewhere as well, and I don't think that the black and Hispanic groups will go somewhere together. There is growing animosity between the activists in both camps. There may be a new generation of black leaders emerge that splits off the growing black upper and middle class folks and the people that want to be in those ranks and they may move to the Republican party. This is more likely if Steele wins in Maryland. There's a lot of black leaders who have finally gotten the idea that the Democrats never have considered them equal. The really intense Hispanics will likely try to turn their own organizations into regional political powers, quite possibly with the aim of eventually dominating politically, primarily in the Southwest. That will have the eventual aim of trying to secede from the United States. Not likely to succeed, but it's a movement and it can generate a lot of power, perhaps dominant power, over a very large part of this nation.
There will also be a strong urge by the environmental wackos in the dims party to break away. They won't go with the moderates but will they go with the lib dims or straight to The Greens?
And the DBM will not escape the upheaval. Some of the less successful and more extreme voices will simply be let go. Matthews, Olberman, Cafferty and their ilk of demented partisans will likely be shown the door or relegated to demeaning work and little exposure. They certainly will be removed from their "star" positions and pay ranks. NBC specifically is going to gut their news operation as part of their cost cutting, probably starting with the high priced folks like Russert early. MTP may just close its doors as irrelevant. Face the Nation will likely simply fade away and Shieffer will retire and write books. Matthews, Russert, perhaps Stephanopolus and a few others who came from the Dhimmicrat power structure to their current positions may move back to try to grab some power as the party (or parties) get totally scrambled.
Print media will likely suffer the most. I expect the NY Times to be sold and Pinch to be thrown out unceremoniously. Look for witch hunts as folks look at Enron type games in the finances of all of these failing institutions. Some may see jail time.
Republicans won't escape entirely, either. Several RINOs may jump ship to one of the "moderate" middle break away groups. Could Lieberman and McCain try to start a "middle way" movement? I don't think that will get far, but it will add to the chaos. The next two years will be volatile if this plays out this way.
The worst part, for me, is that I fully expect a repeat of 2000 with the control of Congress being thrown into the courts and not decided until well after the start of the new year. You may see the Republicans try to convene based on the contested results, assuming that shows them winning, and move legislation to take the question out of the hands of the courts. We could be in for a Constitutional crisis of unprecedented proportions.
And Osama will laugh.