Tonight the media will analyze every element of the Pennsylvania primary but one: how “Operation Chaos” benefited Hillary Clinton.
Talk Radio titan Rush Limbaugh enlisted his roughly 12 million listeners (per day) in “Operation Chaos” some time ago. The plan was for Republicans in swing states to register as Democrats (if necessary) and vote for Hillary. Rush’s hope was to sow chaos by prolonging the Democratic nomination fight.
But has Rush succeeded? If only 10,000 voters switched and voted for Hillary, Clinton could be winning on the backs of Republican votes–which would have enormous implications for her claims to the superdelegates about her “electability.”
Or are Operation Chaos voters simply droplets in the Monongahela?
Why doesn’t the media investigate?
UPDATE: The folks over at Powerline shrewdly noted: “There might have been a surprise winner in last night’s primary results. Pennsylvania runs a primary closed to registered party members. The AP reports that 10 percent of those voting Tuesday had changed party registration since the start of 2008 so they would be eligible to vote in the Democratic race. About half the party-switchers had been registered Republicans, while the rest had been unaffiliated with either party or were voting for the first time in Pennsylvania.
The AP story doesn’t provide the breakdown of the 10 percent of voters who changed their party registration to vote yesterday, but I wonder if Rush Limbaugh might have been the surprise winner in Pennsylvania. The results of the Pennsylvania primary appear to represent another triumph of Rush’s Operation Chaos.”


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2 Comments
1. David Mott:“Operation Chaos” has never been risk-free. This risk, however, is mitigated (1) by Hillary’s obsession with “never quitting, (2) eroding financial support, and (3) Obama’s inevitable electability (as promoted by the press).
Apr 22, 2008 - 11:30 pm 2. william:The best part of Operation Chaos is the exposure of all the rats, shallowness, racism and utter hypocrisy in the Democratic Party.
Apr 25, 2008 - 9:19 pmThanks for the article!