Over at CA Majority Report, former gubernatorial wannabe Steve Westly looks at what he calls the, "three key lessons from this year's midterm election." Setting aside the fact that you should never take advice from anyone who hired Garry South, the biggest problem is what Westly failed to learn.
She even uses the exact same words to describe herself...eery. Except Tauscher doesn't even bother to include the word "Democrat". She's in a 60% Kerry district, and she can't bring herself to say the word "Democrat" or "Democratic" or anything? Over the flip, you'll see Joe Lieberman's "Concession speech" after the primary. They're independent! WooHoo!
Considering the fact that Ellen Tauscher is Joe Lieberman's BFF in congress, it isn't surprising that Ellen Tauscher is scrubbing Joe Lieberman pics from her website. While this an acknowledgment she is running scared, for some reason Ellen Tauscher is failing to realize why Lieberman was rejected by Democrats in each of the last two cycles.
While the internets have slammed Counterproductive Katie for suggesting the successful primary campaign against Lieberman was misguided, it is Ellen Tauscher herself who has the money quote on Joe Lieberman's rejection.
Garry South has appeared to be very bitter since his DLC candidate failed to buy the gubernatorial primary. In one of his recent whines, the first comment is from the Flash Report's Jon Fleischman:
Now, Garry, I think it might be more effective if you had told Phil NOT to do these things. Now in this morning's staff meeting, when the staff members (who all will have read your illuminating column) suggest your strategy, Phil will throw a temper-tantrum, and declare, "South doesn't run THIS campaign."
Setting aside the obvious -- that a Republican gave tips to try and get Democrats to listen to South -- I think this is the exact appropriate response. Garry South's DLC triangulation approach has looked badly out of place for years. Democrats have long since tired of Garry South's campaigns and the only recent candidates who hired him seemed to be planing on winning in-spite of a lack of Democratic support.
You may remember Bill Bradley from Dday's adventures: Wherein the biggest media insider in CA (Bill Bradley) flips out on me: UPDATED, if not... well you missed out on a hell of a diary, and you should really open that up in a new window just to check it out, and not just because Dday is a great writer either. Bradley sometimes posts on dkos, runs a side called New West Notes, and is most definitely NOT the former Senator who ran for President in 2000. Garry South is one of the most famous campaign consultants in California, he ran Gray Davis's winning campaigns, but ditched town during the recall to help Joe Lieberman with his (*ahem*) Presidential bid in 2004.
Anyway, as most of you in CA already know... a bunch of us have started a site called GovernorPhil.com. You might remember us from that whole AngelaBradstreetfiasco from last week that made it to the mydd front page and prompted a response from Dianne Feinstein, and had DiFi showing at Phil's economic event on wed. Anyway, today Dan Ancona and I had a real "crashing the gates" moment on New West Notes today. Where among other things, Ned Lamont's candidacy is defended, Jim Webb's record as a netroots draftee is and I got to personally call out Garry South for being the instigator in the horribly negative Democratic gubernatorial primary in California. You know, the one that probably cost us CA-50?
