God Returns, Democrats Boo

Just about twenty minutes ago, delegates to the DNC voted by voice vote to amend the party platform to include a reference to God and specify that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, both of which were taken out during the making of the 2012 party platform earlier in the week.  Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa, the head of the DNC, called a voice vote and after three tries (even after the third try, some members of the media in the arena observed that the nays still outnumbered the ayes) Villaraigosa declared that the ayes had a two-thirds majority and the platform was thus changed.  After the change occurred, a chorus of boos filled the arena -- only this time, it was much more of a disgrace then when fans of the Philadelphia Eagles booed Santa Claus.

Certainly not a scene the Democrats wanted to create.

Yesterday, Sen. Dick Durbin went into a tirade when asked by Fox News' Brett Baier why the references to God and Jerusalem had been taken out.  Durbin, acting as though even asking the question was a Republican plot, tried to turn the tables and accuse Baier and Fox of being biased (hardly an original accusation).

Contra Durbin, when people make choices, they have reasons for making those choices.  There was a reason why those two references were taken out; the Democrats obviously just don't want to talk about those reasons publicly (Although some groups did not shy away when expressing their thoughts) .  The fact that President Obama personally intervened to put references to Jerusalem and God back in the platform make this all the more interesting.

Ironically, it was the Democrats whose goal it was to change the subject and make the DNC about social issues.  Now, that very line of attack has backfired in a big way.