[The Democratic Party's] 2006 congressional takeover, engineered by incoming Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, wouldn't have happened if the party didn't run centrist and conservative Democrats in traditionally red states.
The whole piece is like this. Here's a question for you James: Why did the Democratic party win the 2006 election? because they opposed the Iraq War. Why did they do that? Could it be, because an unknown anti-war Senate primary challenger defeated the party's biggest proponent of the war? Might that have something to do with the way the party campaigned against the war? Go read the exit poll again. Scroll down to the questions about Iraq. Hmm.
Last week there was a big uproar in the LGBT community over Manhunt co-founder Jonathan Crutchley's $2,300 donation to John McCain. For those who don't know, Manhunt is the biggest gay male cruising site, with over 1 million active members and close to 1.5 million worldwide. It's very popular in among gay males, and a huge moneymaker from all the browsing traffic.
Except yesterday, James Kirchick, an assistant editor of the New Republic (big surprise there), wrote an LATimes editorial accusing the gay community of intolerance, comparing John McCain with "Massachusetts Republican" types, and scolding the gay community for not donating more to him. It really is a piece of work.
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