Legal Commentary

Never Met A Primary Challenge He Liked

By Big Tent Democrat

Jon Chait on primarying Blanche Lincoln:

I don't quite get why Lincoln is facing a primary challenger at all. I understand the general principle of fielding primary challengers to force Democrats to accept some political risk for the sake of enacting progressive policies. I just don't get why Lincoln is the target.

Jon Chait on primarying Joe Lieberman:

Moulitsas and many of his allies insist that they just want Democrats to win. [. . .] Their technique of victory-via-purge is on display in Connecticut. [. . .] The whole anti-Lieberman blog campaign has a self-fulfilling quality [. . .]

But wait, I was wrong. there was one primarying idea Chait really liked - primarying Kucinich:

Now this is the kind of Democratic primary challenge I can get behind[.] Democrats in safe seats like Kucinich would be insane to vote against this bill. Of course, Kucinich is insane, but that's all the more reason to replace him with a Democrat who isn't.

Primary the guys I don't like. Leave the ones I like alone. I agree with that. But only if you agree with my list.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 02, 2010 (boomark / email).