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Thursday, November 6, 2014

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For some reason this post caught my eye:

Last white Democrat from Deep South loses Congressional seat


The red wave that swept Republicans into control of the Senate led to the defeat of the last white House Democrat in the deep South on Tuesday.
Georgia Rep John Barrow, a pro-gun, fiscally conservative Democrat, who was running for his sixth term, lost to Republican businessman Rick Allen.
The same night that the last white Southern Democrat serving in the House lost, South Carolina elected Tim Scott, an African American Republican, to the Senate in South Carolina. Scott becomes the first African American to be elected in the South and the first to start a full term since Reconstruction.
University of Georgia Political Science Professor Charles Bullock told CNN on Tuesday that thirty years ago virtually all districts in Congress from the deep south were represented by white Democrats, but with Barrow's loss "they've become extinct."
Some much for scholarship at CNN. Without too much thought I was able to come up with Congressman Steven Cohen of Tennessee's 9th congressional district who boasts of being his state's first Jewish congressman but white southern Democrats are a vanishing breed.
This post accentuates the political irrelevance of one Bill Clinton and by extension his beloved Hillary. What a magnificent anachronism! He and the spouse were in high demand on the campaign trail. They may be loved by the party faithful who are desperate for someone to love but for younger voters it must be like watching an Ozzie and Harriet episode on YouTube. The oldest of that precious 18-29 demographic who Democrats perceive to be key to their success would have been about 16 when the Clintons stole the White House furniture and left Washington. Millennials know what a  Lewisnsky is if not its derivation. The younger millennials probably confuse Bill and Monica with Wilbur and Fanne Fox.
Yesterday's election was hard on white Democrats in Bill Clinton's native Arkansas. It was a double whammy. Rep. Tom Cotton sent Senator Mark Pryor into retirement while Asa Hutchinson dispatched Governor Mike Ross. There are no Democrats, white or otherwise, in Arkansas' congressional delegation.
Bill and or Hillary campaigned for Alison Lundergan Grimes, Michelle Nunn, Mark Pryor, Mark Udall, Jeanne Shaheen, Mary Landrieu, Bruce Braley, Pat Quinn, Charlie Crist, Kay Hagan, Martha Coakley, and Anthony Brown.
Only Jeanne Shaheen won.
Going into 2016 the other 11 unemployed pols will owe Hillary a favor but aside from the obligatory $2,600 maximum contribution to her campaign there does not appear to be a ready way to repay the debt. Maybe if they could all campaign at once they could share a bus and hit the campaign trail like some weird vaudeville act.
Returning to the story the CNN got almost right, the Clinton's world is no more. Arkansas may be proud of the dynamic duo but it would not elect either of them. Alison Lundergan Grimes, Michelle Nunn, Mark Pryor, Mark Udall, and Mary Landrieu are the washed up children of washed up Democrats. The last thing their party needs is old blood.

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