TPM Reader RA disagrees (with AK)
Politics is blood sport, it is about the lesser of two evils, and it was ever thus. I am sure the Romans and the Greeks and the Sumerians had this exact same conversation. Bill and Hillary are not going to destroy the Democratic party. In fact I would argue Clinton is more suited than either Obama or Edwards to take on the Republican machine. She seems to be the only Democrat that understands the way to win an election is to make your opponent seem worse than you, at every opportunity, in every state, and in every way. It’s not pretty and it’s not right, but it is what it is. Social change in this world comes incrementally or not at all. One way for sure to make it come not at all is to bitch about the Democrats. They may not be much better than the Republicans, but they are better, and deserve our support and encouragement to lead on the issues we care about.
For what it’s worth, my very impressionistic survey of the responses to AK’s post says reader emails (of which we’re getting a flood) are running roughly 60-40 or 65-35 in favor.
Late Update: A few readers wrote in asking if it could really be true that 60% of readers agreed with AK’s email. When I say agree, I mean the general thrust of his comment, not with all of the somewhat hyperbolic remarks.
