08/20/2004

It's obvious to anyone who has paid even passing attention to the Democratic Presidential Campaign during the Primaries that the candidates who achieved any form of success were those who possessed a left-wing pedigree.  Moderate Democratic Candidates and the Moderates within the Democratic Party that they represent were marginalized, discouraged, and essentially ignored.

The Primary stars were three Left-Wing extremists, Kerry, Dean and Edwards who are liberal even by Democratic standards.  The question regarding the Democratic Party’s hard move to the Left has not been the subject of sufficient analysis.  Most observers have blamed “war on terrorism” for this move to the Far Left.  The suggestion is that somehow this war, along with questions from old allies who were not attacked and who were reluctant or who even opposed America’s effort at self-defense, has stirred a latent pacifism and has prompted an isolationist response. 

The real reason behind this teetering to the Left is that the Democratic Party is attempting to preempt its Left-Wing from performing a political amitosis in favor of the allure of another Left-Wing alternative such as the Green Party.  The Democrats are still in denial over Presidential Campaign 2000.  Their view is that they did not lose to Bush, but that they were victimized by the candidacy of  the Green Party.  The dirty trick campaign that Democrats are waging against the Green Party and Ralph Nader has been pervasive and well orchestrated.  Attempts to intimidate these groups and to sabotage their effort to register on State Ballots is at best un-American and worthy of loathing and contempt.  At worst, this is an endeavor which is possibly criminal and warrants investigation in order to protect the integrity of future elections.

Questions should be asked as to why Hillary Clinton or Al Gore did not enter the Presidential Race.  Cursory analysis would indicate that the lofty approval rating enjoyed by Bush after swift, successful military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq dissuaded these two potential candidates.  However, their absence from the fray did not prevent other Democratic Candidates of more moderate political perspectives from occupying the Democrats’ political vacuum.

The fact is that the Far-Left candidates were enthusiastically endorsed by the Democratic Party’s ground troops.  This promotion of the Democratic Left-Wing coupled with a well coordinated effort to intimidate Ralph Nader and the Green Party is testimony to the Democratic Party’s strategy to run against alternative Left-Wing Parties in order to prevent defection of the Democratic Left.  The Democratic Party will be serious about winning the Presidency in 2008 when Bush is ineligible and health concerns make a Cheney candidacy implausible.  In 2008, Clinton and Gore will enjoy the luxury of appearing relatively moderate when compared to the previous Democratic offering of Kerry-Edwards.

It is not surprising that John Kerry's campaign is stagnating and is not resonating with the American people.  John Kerry was never intended to win.

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