The real meat of this story is in the last paragraph. The assumptions made about voter turn out rely on 80%+ of democrats voting for Obama. I would say that is true of “vocal” democrats. What they are not picking up is Union Members, PUMAS and Moderate Democrats who can’t say publicly that they are against Obama.
If 40% of the Democrating Party is moderate and falls into these categories (and I think that is a low number), and 1 out of four of them decide not to vote or better yet, to vote for McCain, then Democratic loyalty drops 10% over all to just over 70%. That 10% is enough to swing the election and at this point, what this subgroup does is a mystery to everyone because nobody’s reporting on it.
That being said, as a moderate Democrat I see a lot of annecdotal evidence that suggests we are not too happy about our party being hijacked by Marxists. We shall see how this screw turns.
A quarterback, a gymnast, and an economist are stranded on a desert island. Searching for a source of food, they discover a coconut tree.
The quarterback slams his body into the tree to shake some coconuts loose, without success.
The gymnast attempts to climb the tree, but can't make it more than halfway up the smooth branchless trunk.
The economist speaks up. "Assume that we have a ladder...."
Well my view is moderate Democrats want the party back from Obama and his ACORN thugs. The easiest way to do that is McCain beating Obama. This sets up the Clintons to hopefully drive a stake into the heart of Dracula.
Rendell, NM Democrats and other Dems hopefully are all behind this plan. If moderate Dems do not do this then Obama and ACORN probably control the Democrat Party forever.