Because the Democrats seem to play it any chance they get. The latest example comes from US Senate Majority Leader Harry “Pinky” Reid, who said publicly he couldn’t see any reason why a Hispanic would vote Republican:
Sean Mahoney is running for Congress from New Hampshire’s 1st district and has a question for incumbent Carole Shea Porter (D-Gimme Your Money): Just what did we get for all the debt incurred with the $787 billion stimulus package your party passed? To provide an example from their own district, Mahoney tells the tale of New Hampshire’s own bridge to nowhere:
I’m paraphrasing in the subject line, but that’s the gist of what Pat Caddell, a liberal and former pollster for President Carter, had to say about the Democrats’ chances in the midterm elections. And that isn’t all he said, ripping into his party for elitism and arrogance. He even went so far as to describe the situation in the United States as “pre-revolutionary.” Now, I think that’s a bit overwrought, but he makes several good points. Listen for yourself:
Sharron Angle‘s campaign to unseat Harry Reid in Nevada has stumbled badly in the first few weeks since she won the Republican nomination, making what should have been a runaway victory over the unpopular Senate Majority Leader a tight race, instead, with Harry enjoying a small lead.
