Daily Kos Campaign Meddles In GOP Primary, Aiming To Keep ‘Clown Show Going’

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by Meenal Vamburkar | 4:48 pm, February 15th, 2012

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Markos Moulitsas, Daily Kos founder, is launching an initiative aimed to make the Republican primary even longer and, in the process, give Democrats a boost. Calling it “Operation Hilarity,” Daily Kos is urging Democrats to vote for Rick Santorum in states that have open primaries and caucuses. Why? Because, among other reasons, “it’s freaking hilarious.”

He continues:

I mean, Rick Santorum? Really? The Republicans have offered up this big, slow, juicy softball. Let’s have fun whacking the heck out of it.

More seriously, the Daily Kos states the longer the Republican primary race goes on, the better the odds are for “Team Blue.” Especially since Barack Obama’s prospects have been looking up in the polls. Furthermore, Republican voter turnout has been getting worse, and the margins of victory are razor thin. Meaning, “it won’t take many of us to swing contests the way we want them to swing.”

The Daily Kos post contends that the longer this race goes on, the more unappealing the “Republican presidential pretenders” become:

Just look at Mitt Romney’s trajectory, which followed Herman Cain’s trajectory, and Newt Gingrich’s trajectory, and Michelle Bachmann’s trajectory, and so on.

Rick Santorum will inevitably follow the same path once he gets properly vetted. Mitt Romney has been unable to stem the bleeding despite his tens of millions. Just imagine Santorum, with the far more radical record and a continued inability to raise real money.

In the next few weeks, Michigan, North Dakota, Tennessee and Vermont will have open primaries/caucuses. For everyone else, there’s the option to donate $5 to their Facebook advertising campaign.

Daily Kos, GOP

Anonymous

Why is this a big deal? Rush did it back in ’08, prolonging the Democrat race. It’s OK –
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

“For everyone else, there’s the option to donate $5 to their Facebook advertising campaign.”

Seriously, Mediaite? Just flat out campaigning for Kos, and Democrats, now?

I don’t think either side should engage in this types of tactics. It destroys the whole election process.
Anonymous

It’s significant because it’s amusing/smart/clever that liberals are turning those same tactics back on the GOP.
Anonymous

How do all those clowns fit in the car if Newt is inside?
http://www.facebook.com/people/LiberalFor-Santorum/100003327168183 LiberalFor Santorum

This is nothing new, some people have been pushing it ever since Iowa:
santorumforgop.tumblr.com
Anonymous

Sorry, no. I didn’t think much of this strategy when people on the right were trying to meddle in the democrat primaries, I think even less of it now as we should be better than this.

The right have shown they’re more than capable of making the clown show keep on rolling on their own, they don’t need help from outside the party to do that.
Anonymous

I love to see this clown show continue. The Republicans have already fallen off the wagon and at this point they’re just pushing the cart.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SIYF5565LXG7BBKTKGSSFWU7TA The Rock

Daily Kos wants Rick Santorum and they know if they get Mitt that he will beat Obama so they want landslide so they want Santorum.
Verreauxii

Hahahaha…..you must have missed the year 2008 when Rush Limbaugh, a person with far more reach than a far left blog told his sycophants to vote for Hillary in the primaries. I guess now you don’t like it when the D’s try to do it. You didn’t say a thing in 2008 when it was going to benefit your candidate.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

I guess you missed the part where I said, “I don’t think either side should engage in this types of tactics. It destroys the whole election process.”

“You didn’t say a thing in 2008 when it was going to benefit your candidate.”

How the hello would you know? And how do you know it wouldn’t benefit my candidate, now?
Verreauxii

You supported Hillary in 2008. You are NOT supporting Obama now. So it’s clear. Yes…your statement was disingenuous. We see beneath the veneer. You can prove me wrong by showing me an old posting of yours (anywhere) saying the same thing about Rush’s moves in 2008. Deal?