Howard’s Legacy


It is time for Howard to bone up on his resume writing.

I predict that he will not be around by next year.

The Primary has turned into a parody and ugliness has prevailed.

What was the beginning of hope has turned into bickering and bottom feeding.

Hillary’s team has helped drag the primary down into the slime and now both sides are participating.

This is not meant to be a criticism; just an observation of fact.

And where was Howard in all of this?

Surely, he should have realized that such antics could only further polarize democrats and provide the Republicans with the ammunition they needed.

As a former Dean supporter and local president of the Dean for President group and head of Dean’s Meet Up Organization in Southern Delaware, I find that Dean’s promise has not delivered.

His footprint throughout the Party is very light.

What he tried to accomplish State-wide did not work and was shallow at best.

The local party didn’t do anything before and doesn’t do anything now.

Other than his brother starting an affiliation of grass roots activists, there is not much we can point to about the reign of Howard Dean.

Certainly, he should not have let his candidates become tarnished and besmirched by race and gender issues.

He should have been a strong presence. He should have been there to advise and guide their behavior; not take a back seat that might allow for the collapse of the party once it arrived at the Convention.

Right now, it is clear that while Hillary cannot win unless Obama’s character assassination persists and turns up that Obama is related to Hitler, she will dog it out, going to the Convention intent on winning despite what might happen to the Party.

There is a point when the leader of the Party must say, “no more.” Dean has failed to do that and now whatever happens to the Democratic Party sits squarely on his shoulders.

As of now, Democrats have never been more polarized from each other.

And it seems that the Republicans have picked up all the ammunition they need to deny the Democrats the win they so badly need.
What started out full of hope and has now been transformed into disappointment and charge and counter charge.

We have seen hope evanesce and with it, our chances to take the high ground.

None of this has been lost on the 527’s who stand in the Wings ready to pounce.

This whole thing has turned into a dirty and tarnished undertaking because it has been mismanaged and allowed to run wild from the very beginning.

I hope that the next chairman and his staff will change the rules once again and not let the process get out of control; that is if the democrats ever see another Primary.

In my time as a political observer, this infinitely long event seemed to have been shaped the Grand Inquisitor rather than an astute political Houdini who understood how democratic chances would never be better and that the opportunity was ours to lose.

Balderdash!

Les Aaron