Failed candidate for Attorney General Donald McEachin and Greg Galligan (the Mark Warner look-alike) are of particular interest: McEachin seeks revenge against Senator Lambert for endorsing George Allen in the wake of Jim Webb’s vitriolic campaign, and Galligan is running in a primary against “Miller clone” George Barker.
What makes this interesting is the NLS post is the still noted split between progressives (supporting Webb) and liberals (supporting Miller). It seems as if the progressive wing of the party is having a somewhat difficult time fielding candidates, and when they do the vitriol of 2006 still shines through.
The question is: Will Democrats field extremists to punish outsiders as in the case of Lambert and Barker, or will the Democratic faithful send a message to the progressives that their tactics are so deplorable that “rallying ’round the standard” will not be another option?
I’ve opined on this topic before, that liberals need to take back their party from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. The open warfare you saw against Harris Miller is but a taste of what’s to come… especially as future candidates are labeled as Webb-supporting drones lining up to the trough.
UPDATE: Miller-clone George Barker is already desperate to prove his Webb credentials. Ouch… is it that bad in the Democratic Party?