Peggy Noonan Fears For the Future of the Democrat Party

Peggy Noonan Fears For the Future of the Democrat Party

Can the Democrats be saved from themselves? Peggn Noonan hopes so. Sure, she's a Republican, but she believes that America needs two healthy parties to sustain a healthy democracy. She fears that Howard Dean might spell the end of Democrat viability.

"I am a conservative and do not hope for a Democratic victory, but I do hope for a Democratic fight, and I think Mr. Dean would lose in a rout. He seems too odd, too politically immature and too essentially ungrounded to be president."

I don't share her concern. I think that for us to have two viable parties, the Angry Left must be repudiated and what better way for that to happen than for Howard Dean to lead the Democrats to a biblical rout. That way, the Democrats will understand that they can no longer follow Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and James Carville into oblivion.

Republicans have purged their kooks. Every election Republicans are asked to condemn some strawman and repudiate an intemperate comment by a fellow Republican. Meanwhile, Democrats stand by idiots like Kennedy and Dean. The Democrats can't even muster the courage to stand up to a charlaton like Al Sharpton when he demands reparations.

A 65-35 popular vote defeat and a 50 state sweep should inspire a little introspection among the Democrats.