So, basically, it’s just the Right that upgrades its politicians? …Weird.

So I’m reading this Hot Air post about an Arkansas state legislator who lost a state senate primary over, essentially, Obamacare, and I was struck by something. Basically, it’s that you only hear these stories in relation to conservatives. If the Left is doing a comparable job of removing their own wobbly legislators and replacing them with solid liberals and progressives, I’m not hearing about it.  Admittedly, I could just be missing examples, but: when’s the last time that progressives have toppled an incumbent Democrat in a federal race? How often do they do that?

I mean, thank God that the Left doesn’t, but you’d think that they’d get tired of almost never having the satisfaction of replacing an under-performing legislator.

Moe Lane

4 thoughts on “So, basically, it’s just the Right that upgrades its politicians? …Weird.”

  2. How often do they need to do that? It seems their politicians drift ever leftward without the need for primary challenges. And when the D’s drift too far left, they get replaced by R’s. And there has been a LOT of culling in the last 20 years.

  3. They also seem to be better at getting poorly performing elected officials to resign or not run again so they can be replaced. R’s have had trouble with that or actually encouraging past their prime members to stay. (Lugar, Cochran, etc.)

  4. ?
    The Democratic party has been in active purge mode since the early ’90s. Clinton made the state Democratic parties completely subservient to the control of the national party. Want to run for dogcatcher? You’d best be ready for the litmus test if you want the (D) after your name. Democrats believe in centralization of authority. Their political party reflects this. Any candidate who wins approval to run for federal office has already been vetted for their adherence to the principles of the Democratic party (such as they are).
    Not to mention a willingness to pay off those who have become inconvenient/heritics, and the implicit threat to shiv them if they don’t take the payoff.
    I also recall a major bloodletting in 2008, and a few others along the way.

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