re: #108 maxwellp

As Herman Edwards once said, “You play to win the game.”

The whole world knew Walter Mondale was going to lose in 1984. Most knew McCain was going to lose last year after the financial meltdown. Yet both of these guys soldiered on. Dede didn’t. Who cares if the campaign was tough. Does she think Congress will be easy. I am sure the democrats on the hill would have thrown more at her. To me this shows she wasn’t up to it.

You are certainly free to that opinion, but …

1) I don’t think the comparison of a presidential election to this election is reasonable — higher stakes.
2) Mondale ran in hopes of picking up the pieces after an October surprise. It was a longshot bet that was worth taking.
3) McCain has endured harsher treatment than an election loss, I’m sure he didn’t think twice about the risk/reward of continuing after the troubles his campaigned ran in to.

My point: if you can see going into a fight that you will lose and possibly die (given that every article written about here seemed to be from the radical view that she was a “radical left wing democrat” — she might well consider her political career over if she continued) and if you consider the take over of your party by a small but vocal minority that has shown no ability to positively influence the growth of it or to even find policies that are acceptable to the general public — well, i can’t really blame her for waving people away from the skunk at the party.