That didn’t take long.
The civil war in the Democratic Party that was put aside in a united effort to defeat President Trump is getting hot even before election results are final.
Take note, grieving and furious Trump supporters. While not a consolation, it is an informative distraction that the prospect of victory is not producing much joy on the other side.
In fact, the looming showdown is shaping up to be every bit as vicious as the general election. Each side is probably making its own enemies lists.
“The Democratic Truce is Over” declared a Tuesday headline in the Atlantic, with author Elaine Godfrey describing power grabs where Biden comes off as a figure head.
The disputes are shaped in large part by the blue wave that didn’t happen, leaving a tough landscape in congress. Dems will hold a very small House majority and the GOP likely retains Senate control, meaning much of Biden’s agenda will be whittled down or killed.
That, of course, will make the combatants nastier to each other, which recalls a great LBJ story, as told by Joseph Califano Jr.
In his book, “The Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson,” Califano writes that the president was frustrated by the refusal of liberals to back his plans. Talking to Oval Office visitors one day, Johnson suddenly asked if they knew the difference between liberals and cannibals.
Getting silence, he declared, “Cannibals eat only their enemies.”
