Divide and Conquer

This is what I like to see...Democrats fighting amongst themselves.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Four of Alabama's top Democratic leaders called Monday night for the replacement of state Democratic Party Chairman Redding Pitt with someone who would be a stronger voice for the party in the 2006 elections.

Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley, Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, House Speaker Seth Hammett and Senate President Pro Tem Lowell Barron signed a statement calling for the move.

Pitt, whose election as party Chairman was supported by Gov. Don Siegelmen, says he won't step down. In the wake of last Tuesday's losses in state elections, fellow Democrats are upset that Pitt "spent too much time focusing on the John Kerry presidential campaign this fall and too little helping state and local Democratic candidates."

Why on Earth Democrats would have spent any time at all campaigning for Kerry-Edwards in Alabama is beyond me. Sounds like these gripes are well-founded.