In the aftermath of Tuesday’s maddeningly disappointing election, this much can assuredly be said. One way to avoid a repeat of an embarrassingly scurrilous, obscenely expensive campaign is for the Democrats to develop a bench.
Enough so that their top-of-the-ballot candidates have formidable track records and visions that can be credibly articulated and substantiated. Enough so that replying in drumbeat, negative kind doesn’t have to be the main campaign strategy.
Don’t want Rick Scott, an off-putting, fraud-tainted ideologue, in the governor’s mansion? Don’t run Alex Sink as the uninspiring alternative.
Don’t want Rick Scott re-elected? Don’t run the compromised chameleon, Charlie Crist, as the alternative.
Don’t want David Jolly replacing Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young in Congress? Don’t run Alex Sink as the alternative.
Don’t want Marco Rubio, the calculating Cuban, as a Tea Party senator? Don’t run Kendrick Meek as an alternative, one who could barely come within 10 points of newly-minted Independent runner-up, Charlie Crist.
The voters of Florida–and the Democratic Party–positively deserve better.