The Italian “mob” guys used to have famous last words to the victim they were getting ready to whack: “It’s nothing personal, its just business.” It now seems the Democrats are employing this message to those incumbent Democrats whose re-elections are in doubt in November. The NY Times reported in their Sunday edition, September 5, 2010, that the DNC is allocating most funds to those Democrats assured of victory in the November mid-terms. We might label this move by the DNC against their own, as “political Darwinism,” survival of the fittest. The Democrat party’s shills are back pedaling on these allegations. This however leads me wonder what those Dems being culled might be thinking at this moment. I know if it were me being tossed to the side I might employ my own version of Sicilian justice – revenge. But that’s just me and that’s just my opinion….William McCullough
Dems Plan Political Triage To Retain House
By: Jeff Zeleny and Carl Hulse – NY Times, December 5, 2010
As the Democrats brace for a November wave that threatens their control of the House, party leaders are preparing a brutal triage of their own members in hopes of saving enough seats to keep a slim grip on the majority.
In the next two weeks, Democratic leaders will review new polls and other data that show whether vulnerable incumbents have a path to victory. If not, the party is poised to redirect money to concentrate on trying to protect up to two dozen lawmakers who appear to be in the strongest position to fend off their challengers.
“We are going to have to win these races one by one,” said Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, conceding that the party would ultimately cut loose members who had not gained ground.
With the midterm campaign entering its final two months, Democrats acknowledged that several races could quickly move out of their reach, including re-election bids by Representatives Betsy Markey of Colorado, Tom Perriello of Virginia, Mary Jo Kilroy of Ohio and Frank Kratovil Jr. of Maryland, whose districts were among the 55 Democrats won from Republicans in the last two election cycles. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/us/politics/05dems.html?_r=2&hp
