I see an administration that has from it's very first days empower the likes of Joe Lieberman, give cover and support to Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Bart Stupak. The DINOs and Blue Dogs clearly have the ear of this administration.
Actively ignored are the elements of the 'Democratic Wing' of the Democratic Party. Howard Dean. The Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus. Al Gore has been given only cursory attention by this administration. A few photo-ops, but little in the way of working with Gore on the most crucial of all issues, climate change. The results? An embarrassing and laughable attempt at mitigating the destruction of the planet, 18+ months in.
What better way to ensure that liberal and progressive members of the House and Senate fall to defeat this fall, than to insult the very activists that power many of those very campaigns?
Could it be that Gibbs simply wants activists to stay home, or hold their nose and just vote, not offering money or time to elect Democrats who voice opposition this administration's policies?
Could be that simple and quite a master stroke by Gibbs.
Have the DNC/DSCC/DCCC dump millions into campaigns like Blanche Lincoln's, into the races of Blue Dogs and DINOs and cutting off the progressives not only with dollars, but my making the left base turn their nose up in disgust and walk away.
Trickle Down corporate government is firmly entrenched. The markets are booming, Wall Street is over 10,000. The Wealthy have got theirs. Record profits across a whole group of industries: banks, oil companies, drug companies, AG behemoths. The top 5% can rest assured that they will continue to pay ridiculous tax rates on the money they 'earn' by inheritance and speculation, compared to the labor of the working classes. They are laughing all the way to the bank.
Democrats from the Democratic Wing are simply getting in the way of this wonderful dream of the continued orgy of greed, and Gibbs is doing his part to help ensure that more than a few of these pesky leftist lose their seats in November.
Must let nothing interfere with the Whiny Joe, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln love fest, enablers of corporations, the military/pharma/AG/prison industrial complexes.
In case you've never seen it, here's what happens to people like Howard Dean, when they cross corporatists and threaten their wealth.
http://www.cbsnews.com/...
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to put two and two together.