With Joe down, I think its time for a short moratorium on the 'Dino' crowd [View All]

[Stinky The Clown]

Joe is probably the most egregious example of a DINO. He has a years long record of triangulation and outright collusion with the Republicans. More than honest bipartisanship, he's been an enabler. This goes waaaaaaay back to his smoke and mirrors 'no' vote for Justice Slappy. Most of you pretty much know the record. This from a man who was, in fact, the Number Two standard bearer of our whole damned party. He's not just another DINO. He is a top tier Democrat with a bad record and a big mouth.

Tonight he got the message.

And with luck, so did many others.

While I'm thrilled to see Joe go, I am equally UNenthusiastic to see calls for a party-wide purge .... right now.

While tonight was a night to cheer and have an extra glass of some old vine Zinfandel - like maybe some Cline 2000 Big Break - it is also a time to take stock and recognize we're still very much the minority party. A purge now, while we're **finally** seeing some ascendancy is likely not in our best interest.

Every state is not Connecticut.

Just as an example, Ben Nelson is not my favorite Democrat. His vote record, as compared to Lieberman's is even worse. But he gets very high approvals from his constituents and he, as a DEMOCRAT, gets elected in a very conservative state. But even more to the point, he doesn't undermine the party. He's a back bench guy who rarely blathers on teevee with the likes of Sean Hannity, yukking it up and bad mouthing Dems.

I honestly think that the 'Dinos" and various and sundry party wishy-washies were watching the primary tonight as hard and as close as we were.

Maybe more so.

My moratorium would be until at least after the midterms.

Watch them close. See where they go. Hear what they say. Evaluate and reevaluate.

They're heard it. They're read the scrawl on the wall.

Its now up to them.

I say we wait.

And watch.

An reevaluate.