Posted on 08/28/2015 3:04:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
How rattled are Democrats by Clinton’s campaign stumbles? Well …
Dukakis 2016
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10:25 AM - 28 Aug 2015
That’s right: The Duke is back. Not only is there a grassroots groundswell for him, but when contacted by The Boston Globe last week, he refused to rule out a campaign, saying he was “not sure” he wanted to run again. “I might just end up in the divorce courts of Norfolk County if I suggested another national campaign!”
Is that Shermanesque? It certainly isn’t. True, it’s been a while since the former Massachusetts governor was active in national politics. But think about all the reasons he’d make a great contender.
Unlike moderate ‘90s veterans like Clinton and Biden, he’s a great fit for a Democratic Party moving steadily to the left. Unlike Clinton, he’s proven he can win a presidential nomination. Unlike Biden, he was never too tough on crime. (Remember Willie Horton?) Unlike Biden and Clinton, he’s been occasionally critical of Obama, offering him some distance from the White House. Unlike Lincoln Chafee, Dukakis, a second-generation American, is no one’s idea of a patrician. Unlike Jim Webb, he’s been a Democrat since the 1980s.
OK, sure. There are some flaws in the plan. He’s 81 years old, but wisdom never expires. The “draft Dukakis” movement seems to consist entirely of a Twitter feed with fewer than 100 followers and a remarkably ugly Zazzle baseball cap. Americans who are wary of a Bush vs. Clinton race, reprising 1992, might not be a great deal happier about a 1988 replay of Bush vs. Dukakis....
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The perfect metaphor for the democrat party.
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