By now, gentle readers have heard that Donna Brazile, favorite political operative of the far left and Gore 2000 campaign (mis)manager, has published a column enthusiastically supportive of President Bush’s New Orleans speech and the program of rebuilding that he outlines.
Oh, wait! Gentle readers depend on SWNID for that kind of information. Well, now you know.
So what meaneth this amazing event? SWNID has an opinion, surprising as that may be.
Has Brazile gone Republican? If anything could prompt such an epiphany, it might be the specter of one’s hometown awash while government agencies, spawned by the socialist ideal, dither, and local officials of the socialist party dither most. But SWNID says that political operatives like Brazile last gave serious thought to political philosophy as sophomores--in high school.
We suspect something more, well, cynical.
Has Brazile decided it would be more fun and profitable to work for a party that actually can win elections? This idea has some merit. But even if she makes the move, it’s not all that likely that she’ll obtain much work with the Rs. Candidates value loyalty above all, and Bush’s successes, such as they are, have reinforced that value, as this President is the loyalest of loyalists.
Is Brazile interested in running as a reformist Democrat against Nagin in the Big Easy or against Blanco in the Republic of Huey Long? This is intriguing, all the more so because Louisiana operates with so-called nonpartisan elections that make an intra-party challenge pretty straightforward. If Brazile wants to step out of the spin room and into the spotlight, she my take the first step with this column.
Is Brazile tacking to the center, parallel to Hillary, to land a big spot in the Clinton 2008 campaign? Now we seem to be on a familiar trail. Every D with a brain is trying to become friends with the Junior Senator from New York.
Has Brazile staked out this support so that later she can declare his “disappointment” at the “opportunity squandered” by the Bush administration’s “mismanagement, cronyism, and favoritism for the rich”? Hmm. We don’t want to be too cynical, but …
Expect a combination of the last two, gentle readers. As always, you read it here first.
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