Veteran listeners, such this writer, of the Rush Limbaugh radio talk show, are very familiar with the program's Operation Chaos--an attempt to keep the primary fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama going clear through the Democratic convention in Denver in August.
Rush doesn't really care which one is nominated, he just wants to keep the party from uniting around one candidate until the last possible moment. This has included asking Republicans to vote in the Democratic primaries in Texas and Ohio, which they could do without re-registering, and now, re-registering in Pennsylvania as Democrats, to vote in the April 22 primary there.
The number of Republicans who voted in the Democratic primaries in Ohio and Texas exceeded Hillary's victory margin in both states. It is certainly plausible that Operation Chaos led to Hillary's narrow wins. Ohio election officials tried to get a Democratic prosecutor to indict Rush for disrupting the primary, but ultimately backed off, as no lawbreaking was involved.
So far 122,000 Republicans have re-registered as Democrats in Pennsylvania. This is far greater movement in the registration figures than any ever seen in the state, so undoubtedly Operation Chaos is playing a part.
What Rush is counting on, and I'm believing he will not be disappointed, is that Hillary and Bill play for the jugular. Even if they lose the nomination, Obama will be so wounded it will ease John McCain's path to a November victory. The Clintons will turn every possible screw, and call in every favor, with the Superdelegates and any shaky Obama delegates, to get Hillary the nomination.
If they were here, you could ask Vince Foster and Ron Brown if I'm right. They may yet speak from the grave.
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