Oops, They Did it Again-Democrats Caucus Changes Won't Change Things

Now we know how desperate the Democrats are getting. in case you missed it, here is the AP story regarding changes in the primary and caucuses.
CHICAGO (AP) - Democrats shook up tradition on Saturday by vaulting Nevada and South Carolina into the first wave of 2008 presidential contests along with Iowa and New Hampshire - a move intended to add racial and geographic diversity to the early voting.
The decision by the Democratic National Committee leaves Iowa as the nation's first presidential caucus and New Hampshire as the first primary, but wedges Nevada's caucuses before New Hampshire and South Carolina's primary soon afterward.
The move also packs all four state contests into a politically saturated two weeks in January. The change means a potentially huge cast of Democratic presidential candidates could winnow quickly by the beginning of February.
Party officials embraced the change, though New Hampshire Democrats joined several likely presidential candidates and former President Clinton in opposing the move.
So waht does it mean, at first glance, what it means is they are more interested in getting conservative democrats from the west involved to help the usually liberal party appeal to the forgotten wing of the party.
What will happen is about half that. First of all, caucuses are controled by the party faithful, so the liberals, who still have a strangle hold on the dems, will nominate someone in the west, who will be PERCEIVED as a more conservative candidate--after all he or she won a western caucus.
Nope, but don't tell them that.
And will this merely increase the amount of money taht viable candidates are required to spend? Yes.
Does the decesion make sense, not much.

People Without Souls

I like politics.
I admit, some people don't, but I do.
Here's why, it's the last chance for a process where someone wins and someone loses.
I've supported people in politics who have told me one thing and then changed their mind and lost all credibility. I'm not talking about something like changing their favorite color, I'm talking about important issues like government accountability and conservatively spending taxpayers' money.
Then, they attempt to cover their actions with misstatements and untrue statements. Then, to top it all off, they attempt to slander and lie about the others who caught them in the lie.
That's what I don't like about politics.
Who started it, it happens when you get a political party that was a committed group of people, and then grows. Then the political opportunity begin their work. They create small groups or organizations with conservative sounding names, or latch on to national groups with conservative names, and create local chapters. Sometimes they even have local charters.
Sadly, these groups are only designed to legitimacy and mask their extreme ideas that aren't necessarily conservative, but are more libertarian in nature.
Sadly, these groups then infect the conservative group they latch on to, and attempt to create dissention and problems.
They endorse people for elected office who aren't much more than political opportunity.
On Tuesday, August 22, 2006, there will be a decision made in an election which can determine the future of these organizations, and the future of people who care about politics and the public's right to know.
I'll keep you posted.