Ron Williams Phones It In

Filed in Delaware by on September 21, 2008

This could be a continuing series, I’m thinking.

Today, Williams tells us what we already know, that Joe Biden is well within his rights to run for both his VP and Senate seats. Well, yes. And?

He goes on not to take a position on whether this is a healthy electoral situation (it sure is rare, but what does it mean for voters?), but to note that this is an opportunity for the Biden “haters” (he says this) to get their whine on that Biden “hasn’t done anything for the state since he’s been in office and now he wants his job back without campaigning.” These same whiners would have issues with the appropriations that specifically get money back to the state — they are called earmarks — but the whiners are largely interested in hearing themselves whine.

Casting themselves as victims is a key repub tactic, especially going up against well liked and well funded Dems in places where there is a Dem advantage. Victimology is good for free media, which the local R’s (with their talk show candidate) probably need. What they miss, though, is that even if Biden were not on the Presidential ticket, he would still be at the top of the Delaware ticket and still wouldn’t have to campaign much to beat O’Donnell. What they also miss is that whining has a limited shelf life — at some point the only thing people know is that you are always complaining and ever talking about what you’ll do in office.

So if O’Donnell thinks she has a chance at beating Biden, she’ll have to do it the old fashioned way — by getting out there to get more votes than he does. She should note that her party is saving the bulk of their special pleadings this year for Sarah Palin and I don’t think that Delawareans buy the victimology anyway.

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  1. Kilroy says:

    “So if O’Donnell thinks she has a chance at beating Biden,”

    Maybe in a bikini contest on a cloudy day!

    Ron William makes it official! And I though I was the dumbest blogger!

    O’Donnell needs to have weekend retreat with Tony Robbins. Or perhaps she needs to read Dr. Wayne Dyer’s, Your Erroneous Zones to get back in touch with her self and reality. Better yet she needs to get in touch with Mike Mattews and consider marrying him because that would be a sure thing for her.

    As I said over and over, Joe Biden might put his foot in his mouth but at least he doesn’t have his head up his ass! I’ll stick with the dog face and forgo the doll face!

  2. gtg says:

    With her campaign she can always get a gigity-gig on Fox. Enough with the resume building.

  3. Unstable Isotope says:

    Reading that Ron Williams article actually lowers your IQ.

  4. John Manifold says:

    Ron Williams wrote nothing that was incorrect or wrong-headed.

    Expect mainstream GOP to let O’Donnell die a Rzewnicki death. They remember her as one who ran against their doomed but legitimately nominated ’06 candidate. The diehards will vote for O’D but not waste any $ on her.

  5. Unstable Isotope says:

    Ron Williams wrote nothing incorrect. He also wrote nothing new or interesting.

  6. Kilroy says:

    “Expect mainstream GOP to let O’Donnell die a Rzewnicki death”

    Dam U B good!
    I heard some big wig say, “it’s better to put her up against Biden then a first-stringer, so when timing is right she’ll be gone and won’t be a pain in the ass”

  7. anon says:

    Christine O’Donald is Sarah Palin’s step sister.