DEPRESSING TURNOUT

For Democrats, Mr. Right is Mr. Wrong (John Nichols, 08/05/2003, The Nation)

Harry Truman warned that, when given a choice between a Republican and a Democrat imitating a Republican, voters would not hesitate to vote for the real thing. And, with his support for the Bush administration's agenda on foreign policy and trade -- fundamental issues not just for Democratic activists but for millions of disenchanted citizens who need to be drawn to the polls if the Democratic nominee is to prevail in November, 2004 -- Lieberman has positioned himself as the pale imitation of Bush that grassroots Democrats fear will depress turnout.

The obvious point that Mr. Nichols fails to make here for all the duly politically correct reasons is that the turnout that would be most likely to be depressed is black voters who won't vote for a Jew. It's unlikely that Joe Liberman could reach 40% in a general election against George W. Bush and that would be catastrophic for the Party. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 7, 2003 8:15 PM