Great to hear from one of the original alpa-holics on this because it highlights what happens in gutter politics. This is straight from the Saul Alinsky book. You never debate the merit of the opposing party, you only personalize that party and vilify it. We saw democrats hang GW Bush around every republican because they were republicans. And it worked to elect Obama. We saw republicans hang Obama, Reid and Pelosi around every democrat because they were democrats. And it worked to wipe out democrats in the Congress.

Forget about the fact that the democrat party is so much more than Obama, Reid and Pelosi. Forget about the fact that the Republican Party is so much more than GW Bush. Personalize the entire organization as one person, and it'll likely work. That's why DALPA's Special Committee went with the tried and true method of identifying DPA as Caplinger. It's nothing personal, just gutter politics from a bankrupt ideology.

Carl