OK I'll just say it: the dem establishment wants to lose this election

[Maedhros]

177. I believer Debbie's thinking goes somewhat like this:

The Democrats' fundamental strategy for the last decade or so has been "we're not as bad as the Republicans - just look at how crazy they are!" This has been the only strategy available to them, because as a Party they have become ideologically bankrupt. The Party pretty much rolled over and let the Bush Administration walk all over them, the Constitution, and the American People. The Party took a hard turn toward Corporate toadyism and can't credibly claim to represent, well, anything. On those few occasions that they pretended to take a stand - "Give us subpoena power!", "Mine will be the most transparent Presidency ever!", "I'll put on my comfortable shoes and join the picket line!" - it was shown shortly thereafter that they were simply telling us what they want to hear and had no intention of actually following through.

So, from Debbie's perspective, the best thing to do is to simply divert the attention of the Democratic Primary electorate toward the GOP freak show and let their bizarre behavior scare votes into Hillary's pocket. It's a dumb strategy, but then again, the Party has been acting pretty damned dumb since at least 2000.