Michelle Malkin's column on the primary and how it demonstrates the disintermediation.
Just as technology has made many jobs in the private sector the political party elite have been made obsolete to a degree by the internet and self organization. If I were a Mike Murphy I would feeling like I was a steelworker in Pittsburgh in 1979. Ability to broadcast information widely is no longer a scarce commodity. The day of the big political tell us what to think is done.
Be very jealous democrats. We are years ahead of you. That is always the case but the independent nature of conservatives puts the advantage to them in this particular process. We do not like centralized command. The left loves centralized command as evidenced by their love of Castro, Obama and Chavez.
Pat Buchanan also has an article about this phenomena. His thesis is that republican voters are considered servants by the party elite. He likens it to Nelson Rockefeller's refusal to endorse Barry Goldwater in 1964 after losing the presidential nomination to him. Indeed Mike Castle has not called Christine O'Donnell yet to concede or endorse her. I can see practical reasons why these political "lifers" would rather see democrats win. It would be easier for them to regain their jobs if a democrat is in office rather than a republican. They know the power of incumbency and do not want to allow it to another person in their party. That of course is foolish and selfish minded but that is what they all are.
Quantitatively speaking the explanation is thus: If a democrat is in office they can win the republican primary more easily because their opponent will not be an incumbent. If O'Donnell wins it will be next to impossible for another republican to dislodge her and they will have to wait for a democrat to do that job.
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