[BigSkyFreeper]

The second is that its primary support organization, the labor movement, has just split.

Split or no, the union thugs will vote Democrat regardless.

[Joe Boucher]

All union members don't vote dim. A larger percentage of union workers are seeing the light and voting against special interests.
Clearly a majority still do but a far greater percentage is coming around. These folks are getting mad as hell that their dues goes to dims against their wishes.
I kinda like having mad voters on my side. They work harder then she schepple who are doing it cause they are just stupid.

[Popman]

Split or no, the union thugs will vote Democrat regardless.

The union thugs will vote democrat, what the DUmmy party is concerned about is all that lost free labor on election day and stolen votes that go with it.

[Jabba the Nutt]

"The third is that it has no obvious presidential candidate for 2008 and isn't showing much flair in trying to find one."

I'd re-write this sentence: The third is that it has an obvious presidential candidate for 2008, but she doesn't have a chance to win the election.

I'd say that Hillary is the presumptive nominee, which takes all the oxygen from candidate who would have a chance to win: Evan Bayh and Mark Warner. The last Northeast Senator to win the Presidency was John Kennedy. LBJ won as President, Carter won as a moderate Southern governor, just like Bill Clinton. America has become more conservative and I don't see why, if it didn't elect Northeast Senator Kerry during a tough war and tough economy, it would elect Senator Hillary during a better war and better economy.

The union split is very interesting. The AFL-CIO gave the Democrats $100 - $200 million, plus they sent out 30 million voter guides, plus they went door-to-door, plus they made tens of millions of phone calls. The unions that have split off have seen this money p*ssed away in losing election after election, all the while their membership numbers are collapsing. The split-off unions demand that the millions be spent on gaining new members in organizing campaigns instead of giving it to loser politicians, who don't come through with their promises, even IF they get elected. Thank you Bill Clinton.

This is a huge strategic body blow to the Democrats. They won't be able to replace the money lost. they won't be able to replace the foot-soldiers. They won't be able to replace the political influence. Okay, tell me how they are going to do better in '08? I can't see how.

Now, if the Republicans would just keep their small government, more freedom promises.