The Democrats’ Left-Wing Hooligan Problem

Froma Harrop at RealClearPolitics today, Aug. 28, 2008, has expressed succinctly what many Hillary Clinton supporters are feeling the week of the Democratic convention. Harrop’s piece is a must-read. She writes:

“The Democrats clearly have a hooligan problem. It was as though their left-wingers suffered a kind of Karl Rove envy. They wanted to go on the attack, demonize a Clinton and hurl abuse at the Clinton's friends. Only a year ago, Vanity Fair ran a cover story on how Clinton hatred had infected much of the right wing. The left seems to have grabbed the baton. And it apparently did not dawn on the Obama shock troops that they were offending the very people their man might someday need.”

To read Harrop’s Hillary Can’t Fix What Her Party Broke in its entirety, go here.