During the last Dem debate, I wrote a post about the potential long-term harm their vicious primary might have on the their prospects in coming elections.

Now, it seems that Stuart Rothenberg agrees:

 Could Democrats, who are unified in their dissatisfaction with George W. Bush and have been pleased with their presidential field, really become so divided that they give a surprising opening to the eventual Republican nominee? Yes.

The whole article is very interesting and details how the destructive politics of the Clinton Duo could impose some irreparable damage on the Democratic Party.

So I posted a few days back, while watching the Democratic debate, that I wonder if the Dems will have some lingering hard feelings after all of these vicious attacks. Well, apparently some Dems are worried about the same thing:

A few prominent Democrats, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (Mass.) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), have spoken to the former president about the force of his Obama critiques. There is some fear within the party that if Obama becomes the nominee, he could emerge personally battered and politically compromised. And there is concern that a Clinton victory could come at a cost — particularly a loss of black voters, who could blame her for Obama’s defeat and stay home in November.

The Washington Post article talks to some other prominent Democrats that are getting a little nervous about the potential repercussions of the thrown-down fight between Clinton and Obama.

“This is harmful to the party, it’s harmful to the state. And I understand they want to win, but this is about — should be about — a competition of ideas, not who can pull the hammer harder,” he said.

Read the whole article here.

We’ve heard quite a bit out of the MSM this year (and last) about the Republican Party being “fractured”, but I’m watching the Democratic debate on CNN right now and the immediate thought that comes to mind is, “They all hate each other.”

Sens. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards are all seriously tearing into each other on policy as well as personal terms. Constantly, they are cutting each other off with things like “Barack, that’s just not true…” and “John, why are you still here?” (Ok, that last one was made up, but the point remains that they are really going for the throat with each other here)

One has to wonder if this continues, will their supporters be able to rally around the eventual winner? Iraq is increasingly becoming less of an issue because of the tremendous work of our troops in securing the country. Without this issue as the banner under which all the Democrats can call for defeat, what will they rally around?

UPDATED: Post-debate I found some of the real quotes demonstrating the vicious attack they were all lobbing at each other. Some valid points made by them all, haha. Enjoy -

Hillary on Obama:

“It’s hard to have a straight up debate with you because you never take responsibility for any vote,” Clinton said at one point.

Obama on Hillary:

While he was serving as a community organizer in Chicago, said Obama, Clinton was serving as a “corporate lawyer on the board of Wal-Mart.”

More Clinton on Barack:

Clinton matched Obama’s howitzer with one of her own, noting that while she was fighting Reagan’s policies Obama was “practicing law and representing your contributor Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago “– a reference to indicted real estate developer Antoin Rezko.

UPDATED 2: Mark Halperin has some quotes and links to stories covering the quite tenacious Democratic debate.

Hat tip to Captians Quarters for this very hilarious frightning bit of info. 

Nothing worries financial advisers more than the prospect of a Democrat’s being elected president in November, according to a quarterly poll by Brinker Capital Inc. The fourth-quarter edition of the Brinker Barometer, which polled 236 advisers in December, found that 22% indicated that a “Democrat in the White House” worried them more than all other economic or geopolitical concerns. Rounding out the list of concerns was “global unrest” (15%), “U.S. economic growth” (15%), “a terrorist attack” (13%) and “a recession” (13%).     

 Just a recap: HRC is more frightening to our national financial industry then global unrest, terrorists, and “a recession”.  That’s right, “a recession”. 

Citizens United has put together quite a movie it looks like here. Below, find two trailers for Hillary: The Movie:

CRs everywhere should embrace movies like these as great opportunities to rally the conservative base on campus. Advertise the heck out of it and hold a movie night. To add something more, bring in a speaker who is an expert on the topic to give a little intro to the film and take questions afterwards.

we know that the Democratic candidate is someone America simply can’t trust to handle the delicate world of foreign policy. Whether because they lack the experience, or they’ve simply shown a disregard for American interests and basic facts, the Democrats are not fit to represent the US on the international stage.

This point has been made time and again by the candidates themselves, but HERE’s a post on RedState by “former director of public affairs with the CIA and served as deputy communications director with the Bush-Cheney ’04 campaign”, Jennifer Millerwise Dyck - what you might be able to call “someone who knows what they’re talking about”.

I don’t know what you think you’re doing, but it’s got to stop. First, you beat Sen. Clinton in Iowa by a unpredictably huge margin, and now you’re surging in New Hampshire. Maybe no one told you, but New Hampshire is Clinton Territory and you are supposed to lose there to the establishment.

I normally wouldn’t comment on the Leftist Democratic Primaries, but you see we’ve all been looking forward to running a Republican against Sen. Hillary Clinton for a few years now, and we were all sorta pumped for the whole thing. Now you come along with your absurdly liberal ideas (or HERE) and two years serving in the US Senate, and we have to change our whole message to tell the American people how out-of-touch you are with the mainstream.

See, we had been planning on running against a different “progressive”. No one wants to run against someone as liberal as you are! I mean, do you really think the American people will fall your paper tiger platform? Sen. Clinton at least did a good job faking her moderate stances - you don’t even try!

Sincerely,

Charlie Smith

…isn’t even her. Not that surprising really.
That’s right - Hillary Clinton’s biggest reason to vote for her…is Bill with 26%. He just beats out “experience” with 23%. Whose experience, exactly, they don’t bother to delve into.

At least so says the New York Times/CBS News Poll released on Monday.

Also funny in the analysis is that Obama’s big debut of Oprah Winfrey might have actually hurt him with voters. One 1% of Dems say they would vote for someone because she has endorsed them, compared to 14% who break the other way.

Having gone to school in Denver for four years, I still keep tabs on Colorado politics as much as possible. Next year, Colorado will play host to the DNC convention for what will surely be a fun-filled week of imposing their left-wing values on a center-right population.

Colorado is also home to what some people say will be the most important U.S. Senate election in the nation (an arguable point, but it will be top 5ish without a doubt). The conventional wisdom inside the beltway has been that Rep. Mark Udall (D-Boulder) is heavily favored to win the seat being vacated by Sen. Wayne Allard (R). Republicans will nominate former Congressman Bob Schaffer, a thoughtful conservative (ACU, Human Events), and someone who represents mainstream Coloradoans.

It might be time for the Dems to take another look at the facts, however. A recent poll conducted by Rasmussen shows shows Congressman Schaffer leading the race. It also shows most Republican presidential nominees leading Hillary Clinton. The races are close - Schaffer’s lead is a slight 1% - but this is encouraging news for the campaign and GOPers around the country. Remember, too, that Colorado has a significant GOP voter registration advantage over the Dems.

One poll is no reason to become complacent, but with Hillary on the ballot, and Congressman Schaffer doing an effective job spreading his message of individual freedom and fiscal responsibility we have reason to be hopeful.

This will be one to watch. Go get’em Congressman!

The Rhode Island College Republicans have gotten some attention from the Washington Times this morning for their event thanking HRC for her 2002 vote to authorize action in Iraq.