Democrats take a page from Karl Rove’s playbook, seek to protect establishment candidates from primary challengers

 Back in February of 2013 Karl Rove basically declared war on the Tea Party by backing a new group called the Conservative Victory Project. Sure the name sounded great but as I alluded to above, this was nothing but an attempt to protect the establishment elitist incumbent Republicans from facing primary challenges from undesirables–in other words, voters who are upset with the party.

  In the end the establishment wants to control who our candidates will be and for all intents and purposes they do. We only have the illusion of real choice but make no mistake about it when the establishment throws money behind a candidate in most cases it is that candidate who ends up winning.

  According to  this story the establishment Democrats apparently like this idea as well because it looks like they are stealing a page out of Karl Rove’s playbook.

  Here is more:

Democratic leaders in the Senate see a path back to the majority, and they are actively working to clear the field for their favored candidates — quashing unpredictable and sometimes bloody primary fights before they even begin. Reid and his leadership team are betting that the party establishment still has enough sway in Senate primaries to overcome dissent — a far different calculation than Republican leaders who feel they must step lightly into primary elections for fear of igniting a conservative backlash.

  I disagree with that last statement for the reason I stated above but I would say that maybe the establishment Republicans are being a little more sneaky about it.

  This amounts to (and I am talking about both parties here) nothing more than the old days and the brings to mind the old adage of party leaders meeting behind closed doors in cigar smoke filled rooms choosing who will represent the party. Only now they are doing it in the open by throwing money around to influence the people while giving them the illusion they are making the choice of their own free will. But in the end we vote for the candidates which were chosen for us be our so-called leadership.

  If you have ever wondered why we keep voting for change yet everything remains the same you know have at least part of the answer. Nothing is going to change until the leadership changes and they know it–that is why they are working so hard to protect themselves.

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