And also agreed that the in-fighting is unpleasant and dangerous for Democrats. But given the attacks and insinuations by Howell and Sharp, paid Richardson staffers, what should pro-Rasoul activists do? It would have been better if the Richardson campaign hadn’t gone down that road, but they did. Lies and distortions have to be countered, in my opinion, or they become accepted as truth – especially in the hot-link era.

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…the vast majority of caucus voters — and certainly enough to decide the nomination — will not be influenced by the blogs…

That’s perhaps the most embarrassing part.

On a campaign-related note, the story in yesterday’s Roanoke Times is worth a read.

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How seriously can you take, “What I meant should have been obvious by my comma, which you might have seen if the desperate sweat of your imminent loss had not blurred your already less than perfect eyesight such that all you could depend on was (elephant) ears deafened to the sound of a true vision.”

Yeah, I made that up. But would you have been sure if I hadn’t told you?

To paraphrase Buddy Holly, “Blog on – it’s a crazy feeling and
I know it’s got me reeling.”

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However, to my knowledge, 81blue (and who knows how many anonymous commenters) are not employed by either campaign. Notice I didn’t single any individuals out in the original post.

I’m not a Democrat, but I still find the ordeal embarrassing for the party, just as the Sayre bloggers embarrassed the GOP rank-and-file. It’s stuff that’s best suited for private correspondence. And even then, I fail to see what positive effect in-fighting has when either candidate will clearly be the underdog in November.

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In fact, the problem I have with the Richardson campaign is not with Drew himself, who joined local Democrats last night, along with a couple of Rasoul staffers, at a Staunton-Augusta fundraiser. Everything was fine and friendly. (Adam and Rick weren’t there.) In any event, in a couple of weeks the results of the caucuses will be known and it will all be put behind us.

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Why don’t we just call a truce, and say one of the candidates is a closet Republican and the other one isn’t a loyal enough Democrat. Neither are particularly damaging accusations in the real world of 6th district voting. OK, settled? Now let’s move on and figure out who has the best proposals and judgment.

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