Will the eventual Democratic nominee be as tough on GOP rival as they are each other in primaries?

[yurbud]

Poll question: Will the eventual Democratic nominee be as tough on GOP rival as they are each other in primaries?

[napi21]

1. The candidate him/herself won't be as tough becausethey won't wan to alienate the right leaning

indie, but I think their background henchmen will be.

[Lucinda]

2. Tougher. I no longer have any doubt about it.

[DFW]

3. I couldn't say, but..........

I sure as hell hope so.

If the Republican nominee is McCain, they will probably hold a few punches
in deference to a fellow Senator--a shame, as the RW hate machine will do
anything and everything they can, and let McCain, if he is the nominee,
say "I had no idea, I will reprimand whoever did it," etc etc, gloating
in glee as soon as the cameras and microphones are turned off.

If it's Romney, I think all gloves will be off, although if they are smart,
they will not say ANYTHING about his religion, and let the Beverly Huckabillies
do their own internal demolition derby. Maybe bring back some 1960s Grecian
Formula 16 TV commercials with Romney's mug Photoshopped onto them. Hell, the
guys in those commercials, if I recall correctly, already looked so much like
Romney, all they would have to do is a voice-over.

After two elections (three, if you include the 2002 mid-terms) stolen with the
audacity of a daylight stickup of a downtown gas station, I would hope that the
Democratic nominee would be as tough on the nominee of the party that
perpetrated those thefts as is necessary.

I was just at a Democrats Abroad meeting where there were members of the German
media. They seemed to be as aware as anyone that there had been electoral
tampering in the USA. Why are Howard Dean and Rush Holt the only ones still
mentioning this? Or, let me put it another way: are we ready for another round
of criminal electoral tampering, or are we going to wring our hands in surprised
despair one more time? Make electoral tampering a crime with a mandatory 20
years to life, or something--ANYTHING--to give the perps of this second thoughts
as to the risks vs. the rewards.

[yurbud]

4. This is one reason I want Edwards--he wanted to keep fighting after election was stolen in '04