Today, the Chicago Sun Times' Mark Brown writes that that Dean's 50 State Strategy of running candidates even in "longshot" districts is just plain crazy. And he wonders aloud why people like
John Laesch, the Navy vet running against Dennis Hastert, would even
bother:
Is it an abundance of idealism or ego? Did they get dropped on their heads as children, or as in the case of Laesch, spend too much time exposed to the West African sun, where his Christian missionary parents raised him from birth until age 12?
You must have been dropped on your head if you think we can defeat the Republicans this November!
This Thursday, President Bush travels to Chicago to "stand with" his longtime friend Dennis Hastert. Surely in the face of such raw and awesome power the netroots will surely fold. John Laesch, a Navy vet, union carpenter and "idealist" who knows real energy independence, universal healthcare and a sensible Iraq policy is not only do-able but critically necessary, is just plain crazy to even try, right?
Last night at the Blue Agave meetup of Chicago Kossacks I was told that one of the reasons Laesch hasn't yet received a netroots endorsement is that Kos, Stoller and Bowers just thought he was just too much of a longshot. No one could take down the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, could they?
Well, folks, here's your chance to prove them wrong. A netroots endorsement of Laesch now could pull Hastert down. And as Hastert himself recently noted, as Hastert goes, so goes the rest of the Republican seats.
So I ask: were you dropped on your head? Did you spend too much time in the sun as a child? Do you really believe in the 50 State Strategy? If you do, encourage Kos, Bowers and Stoller to give John the netroots endorsement.