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theknife · 07-11-06, 04:20 PM

i'd like to see guys like Jon Tester, Jim Webb (VA), Scott Kleeb (NE), Gary Trauner (WY) etc. do well. Tester in particular represents a rising wing of Libertarian Dems - candidates who developed from grass-roots support (much of it online), outside of the Washington party structure, away from the media consultants and political advisors that operate the Dems nationally. win or lose, the fact that these guys are in the race is a blow to the Democratic party power structure - they did it their way for much of the campaign and only when they appeared competitive did they really start to get support from the party. if nothing else, this election has marked a point where the Beltway Dems (read Clintons, Kerry, Lanny Davis etc etc) have seen a serious erosion in their respective positions as party power brokers. as well they should - in the last 3 elections, they've done nothing but roll over and lose to a corrupt and incompetent opposition.

07-11-06, 04:20 PM	#8
theknife my name is Ranking Fullstop Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Promontorium Tremendum Posts: 4,391	i'd like to see guys like Jon Tester, Jim Webb (VA), Scott Kleeb (NE), Gary Trauner (WY) etc. do well. Tester in particular represents a rising wing of Libertarian Dems - candidates who developed from grass-roots support (much of it online), outside of the Washington party structure, away from the media consultants and political advisors that operate the Dems nationally. win or lose, the fact that these guys are in the race is a blow to the Democratic party power structure - they did it their way for much of the campaign and only when they appeared competitive did they really start to get support from the party. if nothing else, this election has marked a point where the Beltway Dems (read Clintons, Kerry, Lanny Davis etc etc) have seen a serious erosion in their respective positions as party power brokers. as well they should - in the last 3 elections, they've done nothing but roll over and lose to a corrupt and incompetent opposition.