Stupid idea from Kos

The grand master of the left side of the political blogosphere, Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos, has suggested a dumb idea to Michigan Democrats for today's primary: mess up the Republicans by voting in the Republican primary and propping up Romney.

Michigan has an open primary, so no need to be registered to vote for a party. You decide which party's primary when you walk in that day. Since the Democrat side is of no consequence, there is added incentive for Democrats to make their votes "count" by voting on the Republican side.

I doubt a substantial enough number of Democrats in Michigan would do this with any sort of consistency to make a real difference, but with this suggestion Moulitsas gives the Republicans a great talking point about those unethical, menacing Democrats.

So, from a political perspective, it's stupid; and I don't use that word lightly here. It's also highly unethical. I think it is perfectly fine for someone who identifies with one party to choose to vote in the other primary if they have a genuine preference within that race. But to "mess with" or "embarrass" the other party breaks rules of simple fairness.

I'm not a regular reader of Daily Kos, but when I do look there I'm rarely impressed. Here's another strike against that overrated site.