The Democrats are close to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
It’s amazing.
First, they chose the far weaker of two candidates for the nomination. Actually, the voters probably chose Hillary but the crazy rules chose Obama.
One of the reasons I thought Hillary would win the nomination is that Obama was to her left, not a good place to be in national elections.
Now, Obama’s intellectually bankrupt liberalism has been exposed including by Palin last night. See this nice commentary by Mike Rebmann, a libertarian/Paulian.
What would it take to beat McCain/Palin? That’s easy.
The Democrats’ formula for victory was provided by Ron Paul and Lew and company at the Rally for the Republic the other day. Outflank the Republicans on smaller government.
It won’t happen this year but the best way to beat the party that pretends to be for smaller government is with a party that actually is for smaller government. The Democrats need to return to their Jeffersonian/Grover Cleveland roots.
9:00 am on September 4, 2008
