Dems now in full Panic mode

by Eric Dondero

We caught a taste of this last week here at Libertarian Republican. We had a super guest on our show "Libertarian Politics Live" - Nevada Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle. The show made news on at least two fronts; Angle's pledge to help form a "Liberty Caucus," of like-minded GOPers in the Senate upone election, and the official on-air announcement of the Republican Liberty Caucus endorsement of Angle, by RLC National Chairman Dave Nalle.

What did the Washington Post choose to report on instead? A throwaway comment by Angle in response to a caller's question, on the Birther issue.

"An obsessive, hour-by-hour focus... of Republican extremism"

Jonathan Martin of Politico reveals the Dem strategy for November:

With polls showing voters deeply concerned about the economy and government spending and souring on Democrats, Obama and his party are seizing on gaffe after GOP gaffe, intent on making the election anything but a referendum on the majority.

That means an obsessive, hour-by-hour focus on a micro-message—grasping every opportunity to shift attention away from their unpopular or tepidly-supported policies and toward anything that smacks of Republican extremism.

Of course, turn a non-issue, Angle's line on the Birther issue on our show, into a supposed "gaffe."

And similarly turn Michael Steele's mis-statement on Afghanistan into a humongous "gaffe." And make sure that all the leftwing bloggers play it up to the Max, and link to all the stories on it, so it gets top billing at Memeorandum.

Of course, this also explains why every little statement by Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul is splattered all over the leftwing blogs. The latest Paul scandal: He advocates an "Underground Fence" for Border security. Proof of his "fringe kookiness," no doubt.

Problem is most Americans are not political junkies, and will not care a wit about the RNC Chair, or some Blog Talk Radio interview with a Nevada Senate candidate.

They do care about their neighbor losing his/her job, the closing of stores on Main street and at the local Mall, and unemployment numbers at 9.5%.

Which, of course, explains precisely why entrenched Democrat incumbents like Russ Feingold in Wisconsin, Patty Murray in Washington State, and Barbara Boxer are in serious trouble for reelection. Why, Pat Toomey has pulled comfortably ahead of Sestak in Pennsylvania. And why even in heavily Blue Maryland, Republican Bob Ehrlich now leads for Governor.