Identity politics, as Mark Steyn points out:
Stanley’s analysis below is correct - and dear old Nora Ephron’s sneer over at The Huffington Post about whether Pennsylvania’s embittered white men are more racist than they’re sexist or vice-versa gets things completely upside down. The embittered white men are just about the only demographic weighing these candidates on their merits. The significant proportion of women and blacks in the Democratic base for whom identity politics trumps all is what’s stopping either candidate from gaining the momentum that would have emerged in a contest between two squaresville dead European males. It’s the identity-uber-alles blocs that prevent the black guy from finishing off the feminist or vice-versa.
Identity politics could very well bring the Dems crashing down in November, precisely because so many in the Borg Queen and Obamamorons camps are there solely for personal reasons. We have those who are voting for Hillary because they have ovaries, and we have those who are voting for Obama because he’s black. Whoever gets nominated, the result will be a lot of pissed off Democrats.
Just a couple of months ago, the press was trumpeting the fragmentation of the GOP, yet the fragmentation is healing, as all but the most rabid McCain haters are coming around. When Rick Santorum endorses McCain, the “disunity” is over. The party of fragmentation is the Democrats, because fragmentation can only come out of identity politics, and pet issues for pet special interest groups. The only way unity can come out of identity politics is to run a three-headed, transgendered, multiracial lesbian, and that, I’d love to see.
Actually, what I’d love to see is the liberals getting a clue, and figuring out that their multiculturalist identity politics will do nothing but splinter them and the nation, but Democrats seem to be severely allergic to clues.
So sit back and enjoy the show, because it will only get better — or worse, if you happen to be a realistic Democrat.
vegas art guy says:
I am loving every minute of this. It’s making both candidates bleed cash and it’s showing the world that the emperor is really truly nekked. Not to mention a dyed in the wool socialist.
April 25, 2008, 9:38 am