Democrats just don't understand

OK, here's the situation, my parents went away on a weeks vacation - oh, wait, I'm not talking about that situation, I'm talking about the the Dems having an extraorinary opportunity to win an unwinnable GOP gerrymandered seat in FL. Yes the very seat that former Congressman Mark Foley held. So all of us at home are thinking, "There's no way they can blow this one. It's o-v-e-r. Right?" Well gentle reader, never underestimate the ability of the Dems to snatch defeat from the mouth of victory.

They've decided that informing voters of the fact that a vote for Foley is a vote for replacement GOP candidate Joe Negron at the actual polling sites is electioneering, and are suing to block any such notification. Maybe they're technically right, but man are they missing the bigger picture.

So let's look at why this is a bad move.

1. Always good to remind voters that you're the party of frivolous law-suits.
2. Always good to give your unknown opponent free airtime.
3. 3 above works best if the free airtime makes you look bad.
4. Always good to look like you're trying to confuse the voters and undermine the election process.
5. 4 above works best if you can look hipocritical by using arcane voting laws to skew an election in a state where you are still angry that the other side used arcane voting laws to skew an election.
6. Always good to cede the moral high ground. Putting the need to win above what's right for the voters plays directly against the powerful arguement that GOP leadership put winning above what's right for the voters.
7. Always good to look like you're trying to really, really, super really trying to take advantage of a situation.

I honestly thought this was an easy win for the Dems, but I'm starting to think they might blow it. Hmmmm, I can say the same thing at the national level about taking the House and Senate.

I'm always asking how any conservative can support the neoGOP, I also wonder how any registered Dem can support this unbelievably inept Democratic Party?

I need to think of a short-hand for the Democratic Party, like neoGOP. WeenieDems? LoserDems? I've got an idea. A free one-year subscription to the Hydrablog for any reader that comes up with the winning name.