Good piece in BuzzFlash.

See Traitor, tool or token trick? Questionable former Clinton delegate Debra Bartoshevich prefers identity politics to issues by Meg White for an excellent analysis.

Debra Bartoshevich: Really, how dumb is this Wisconsin woman, appearing now in a new McCain spot.

Had caught this beauty in Blogging Blue in June:

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Ok, I'm not sure how much I like the title, but I can't think of a better one...if I do, I'll change it.

Growing up, no one liked the lose any less than me. I was the textbook example of a sore loser. I couldn't play in little league. If I lost a game, I'd hit other kids with my mit, throw balls and bats at them, and just be plain nasty.

It took a lot of time and growing up to get rid of that sore loser persona. I never played sports...I didn't enjoy competition because I didn't enjoy losing. I was an eldest son, I always got what I wanted. I always won.

By the time I got to college, I had grown up somewhat, but I still wasn't used to losing. I didn't like to lose. Then something big happened...I lost and I had to deal with it.

Here's my story;

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1970 Census Rankings

1. California
   
2. New York
   
3. Pennsylvania
   
4. Texas
   
5. Illinois
   
6. Ohio
   
7. Michigan
   
8. New Jersey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stat es_Census,_1970

1972 Dem. State Primary Winners
*McGovern (3) California, New York, and Texas
Humphrey (2)Ohio and Pennsylvania
Chisholm (1) New Jersey
Muskie (1) Illinois
Wallace (1) Michigan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1972D emocraticPresidentialPrimaries.gif

1976 Dem State Primary Winners
*Carter (6)Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas
Brown (1) California
"Scoop" Jackson (1) New York

1976 Rep State Primary Winners
*Ford (6) Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania
Reagan (2) California and Texas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stat es_presidential_election%2C_1976

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It's becoming self-evident that certain segments of the Democratic Party are revising historical voting trends to shoehorn spin this cycle. Memes regarding one candidate's "base"--a leading candidate in our party--have taken to calling blue collar voters "swing voters."

Having turned 50 a few months back, and also being a Party activist in years past, as well as a Poli Sci major in college--and one with a high regard for 20th Century U.S. History--I always associated blue collar voters with unions (i.e.: "the Union vote").

Now, somehow, Union members--almost all being considered under the dual status of "blue collar"--are being referenced as self-styled "swing voters" (not in their candidate's camp) by many in support of a certain candidate within our Party.

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Much ado has been made about Michigan and Florida for breaking the rules of the DNC, and how we should settle the delegate dilemma.  Hillary Clinton wants the votes to count that were held pre-maturely, as-is, claiming it would disenfranchise 2.5 million voters.

However, there were many people who did not vote because they were told their votes wouldn't count anyway (even by Senator Clinton herself).  Do we just say "screw them"?  According to the Clinton campaign, that's exactly what we should do...

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