There was an Op-Ed in the News Journal today by a couple of Democrats — Claire Snyder-Hall is chair of the Democratic Committee in the 14th Representative District, and Joanne Cabry is chair of the Progressive Democrats of Sussex County. The title of their epistle is: “State GOP has become inhospitable to moderates“
Ms. Cabry is a self-professed Progressive. Progressives used to be called Liberals until that moniker became too negative. Of course, Liberals used to be called Progressives until Progressive became unpalatable to the electorate. Ms. Snyder-Hall is House Speaker Pete Schwarzkopf’s local committee leader, in other words, a leading Democrat partisan.
My take?
When your opponents are criticizing you, you must be doing something right. If they are ignoring you, then you must not be doing anything.
Kudos to the State Republican Party for moving forward with a unified message and convention. The Democrats are already starting to worry…
It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the new Delaware GOP, now that pure conservatives are in charge. There are no RINOS left standing.
My hunch is this will be a pyrrhic victory. Too many traditional Republicans find it easier to switch than fight with the Tea Party. A lot of GOP moderates are now new Democrats.
On the other hand, there’s something to be said for proving the nagging theory that the reason the GOP lost everything in Delaware is – it’s never been pure conservative enough -that Delaware voters want an ideologically pure conservative alternative.
This 2012 election will be a good test.