McCain Democrats

There’s been lots of talk that Biden will help Obama attract blue-collar Catholic voters. But these blue-collar Catholics are the classic Reagan Democrats, middle-of-the-road folks who historically voted Democrat but who have been pushed out of the party by its ridiculous stance on issues like abortion. According to the Democrats’ 2008 Platform, “The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to choose a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right.”

 

Biden’s selection, it seems to me, simply highlights the Democratic Party’s extremist position on this issue. Denver’s Archbishop Charles Chaput said that Biden should avoid taking Communionbecause of his stance on abortion. And Biden is not alone. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was corrected by Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl on the Church’s teaching concerning when life begins.

McCain needs to go after these voters.

The Biden Bounce.

Oops. Maybe not.

Party of the People

The DNC just finished its tribute to Ted Kennedy, which ended with scenes of Teddy at the helm of his sailboat. I guess they’re just making sure they don’t lose the John-Kerry-windsurfing vote.

Why won’t you racists vote for us?

Matt Bai, writing in the New York Times today, argues – correctly, in my view – that the Democrats’ focus on race as an explanation for the close poll numbers is misplaced. Instead, the Dems might want to stop telling voters how stupid and racist they are:

Ever since 2000, a lot of so-called progressives have proudly displayed a healthy contempt for less-educated white voters who cast ballots in defiance of their “economic self-interest,” as Thomas Frank argued in “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” (The widespread acceptance of Mr. Frank’s thesis is how John Kerry largely escaped the scorn that is ritually visited upon losing Democratic presidential nominees; the members of his party directed their exasperation at the voters instead.) But surely caricaturing a large subset of voters as ignorant has made those voters even less inclined to pull the lever for the Democrats this time around. All this talk about racism isn’t likely to help.

 

When will they learn?

More “support” for Obama from a celebrity.