'This is a party built to lose competitive elections,' columnist WarOnDumb writes of the dysfunctional Alabama Democratic Party. 'And the US Supreme Court just gave it a new one to lose.'
If Alabama Democrats have proved anything in the last 15 years, it’s that they will blow a party-competitive election.The Milligan decision should be good news for Dems, but it’s worth pointing out that the state party didn’t really do anything to deserve it. Doing things is not the party’s strength these days.
To win, setting aside who actually turns out to vote, white Democrats would have to close the gap to 50 percent. Doable, but not guaranteed. The parties will go back to the district court this week, where Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has said he intends to fight on. But the easiest thing here for Alabama Republicans to do would be to pass the Singleton plan and suit up.And Joe Reed owns a piece of that, just as Republicans do.Reed’s faction abolished the party committee’s youth caucus.Reed’s faction abolished that caucus, too.Gone. Reed’s group tossed them aside.
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