It is self evident that Tom Carper’s loyalty is not to the people of Delaware who have constantly returned him to office while hoping for the best. His votes, his public statements, the things he shows concern over set him apart from the concerns of the people he “represents” in the US Senate. But can he be defeated? I have always answered “no” that question. But now that I take a good look at Carper and his club of insiders, now that I see Professional Dems being exposed for what they are all over the country, I’m putting my cynicism on the shelf.
Look at the simple fact that Carper has never joined the fight against Trump. Consider that the fact that Carper and his dwindling band of centrists in congress have actively helped Trump these past two years. If you look at where the country is now, relative to where it was when Carper and his gang of so-called “moderates” took over the Democratic Party you could be forgiven for thinking that they are actually working for the GOP, not working to oppose it. List the items that they’ve meekly accepted:
– A crazy and lawless Republican President,
– Off the rails conservative policy making at every level of government,
– A right wing Supreme Court majority,
This tiny sample is courtesy of Tom Carper and his “moderate” fellow travelers. For every major failure by Carper and his entrenched cronies you can think of, consider the thousands of downstream agency appointments each failure triggered. And for each of those horrendous appointments that Carper’s centrism facilitated, think about the millions of further downstream policy failures and fuck ups each appointment set in motion. The true scale of what they’ve done the the country will take 100 years to sort out, and may take another 100 hundred years to fix.
So, yes. I think Carper is beatable in a Democratic Primary. It will take a lot of work.
Fortunatly the people and groups that see Carper for what he is are not strangers to work. Kerri Harris knows what hard fork feels like. Every parent in Delaware who has struggled to keep their head above water knows what it means to work hard. He can be defeated, but it is going to take all of us. Every registered Democrat who sees Trump and the GOP prospering under the phony opposition of Carper and his centrists must join the fight.
It is on.
