It looks to be pretty toxic having that “D” behind your name these days, particularly if you are a shill for Barack Obama. And to the regular rank and file Democrats I can say this with complete empathy. I feel your pain. Remember, it was only four years ago when the “R” behind your name was just as toxic.
We wrote about Artur Davis in this blog, nothing bad, I just remember him being a real Democrat, not a new Socialist-Democrat like the party has become.
Like most real Democrats that are still around these days, it appears Artur doesn’t like what his party has transformed to, and could switch sides. The Washington Post has more:
Former Democrat congressman Artur Davis, who has been a thorn in the side of Democrats in the aftermath of his loss in the 2010 Alabama gubernatorial primary, is a man without a political party….
“I’ve heard some people at the national level encouraging me to run as an independent for my old office,” Davis said, referring to the congressional seat he left to run for governor. But he said his home state makes it more difficult than almost any other state to run as an independent. “Alabama is not friendly to independent candidacies.”
Davis also suggested running as a Republican might be a viable option….
Davis said he doesn’t identify with a political party in his current role as an increasingly vocal pundit. He caused a splash recently by speaking out in favor of a voter ID law. Given that the Democratic Party regards such laws as an attempt to disenfranchise black voters, having an African-American former Democratic congressman espouse that view wasn’t exactly helpful to the party’s cause.
This week, he wrote a piece for the conservative National Review Online suggesting Sen. Ben Nelson’s (D-Neb.) retirement was due to “an exclusively liberal” Democratic Party.
Davis’s criticism of his party ramped up in the 2010 primary, when he carved out a more moderate persona….
Davis has also recently contributed money to the campaigns of two Republicans, former congresswoman Heather Wilson, who is running for Senate in New Mexico, and Mississippi Gov.-elect Phil Bryant.
Well… Artur Davis “gets it.” How about some of you Democrats that read this blog?