A Right-Left Alliance for D’Ippolito (Who Could Use a History Lesson)

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[...] Not even going to comment on this slow motion train wreck that is about to happen in Indiana and in the blogosphere. I’ve noted it, and now I will sit back and watch. [...]

David:

Interestingly, the comments on Dayen’s article broadcast some immediate support for D’Ippolito — whose nomination would functionally hand the Senate seat over to Republicans

That's just …. wrong. First of all, who cares if the seat goes to the Repubs if some right-winger like Ellsworth wins it as a Dem?

Second of all, d'Ippolito has as much chance to win the seat as …. Scott Brown did in Massachusetts. The fact that the folks at Red State are too stupid to see that it was the inside/outside dynamic, the “creature of the system” versus “citizen politcian” that beat Coakley and not D v R or right v. left, doesn't mean we have to be.

I've been pretty down FDL myself for most of their recent antics, and I agree the the right-left-coalition idea is generally idiotic, but that doesn't mean they're wrong in this case.

Oh, yes, fxgillis! It was the “inside/outside dynamic” that brought put the end credits to Camelot. Sure thing, man. Keep walking into that propeller; I won't stop you.

How about you guys nominate the most 'progressive' outsider characters you can find? You know, real revolutionary types: folks with Che t-shirts, Berkeley City Councilmen, performance artists… What about Mumia? Surely the voters'll love it.

Interestingly, the comments on Dayen’s article broadcast some immediate support for D’Ippolito…

Don't know that I would call this interesting; it certainly isn't surprising. FDL is a pretty wide-open place for participation – in comments, and in diaries at seminal.firedoglake.com – by lefties of all types, and one can even find the occasional rightie and libertarian there (as long as they don't go trollish).

There are some real firebrands over there, and you'll eventually find them if you prowl through comments and diaries. Their presence does NOT constitute endorsement of their views by Jane Hamsher and other members of FDL's management team.

On the other hand, if the front-pagers take an issue and run with it, THEN things can start to get interesting.

Interestingly, the comments on Dayen’s article broadcast some immediate support for D’Ippolito…

Don't know that I would call this interesting; it certainly isn't surprising. FDL is a pretty wide-open place for participation – in comments, and in diaries at seminal.firedoglake.com – by lefties of all types, and one can even find the occasional rightie and libertarian there (as long as they don't go trollish).

There are some real firebrands over there – some of them of the act first, think later variety – and you'll eventually find them if you prowl through comments and diaries. Their presence does NOT constitute endorsement of their views by Jane Hamsher and other members of FDL's management team. To me, it's largely like Daily Kos in that regard.

On the other hand, if the front-pagers take an issue and run with it, THEN things can start to get interesting.

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