“Hold our beers, Republicans – we’ll take out these establishment Dems ourselves!”
Oh, me of little faith. I was skeptical – wary of false hope – that some of the primary races where the progressive or the Democrat was 5 or 6 points behind last week would change meaningfully by now. I was right that Steyer barely budged and the Governor race will be Hilton v. Becerra; I was right that Katrina barely budged and will have to go on to November; Ada barely budged in AD 67 against Mark Pulido, and Cody barely budged in the Equalization race.
But check it out: Two progressives we’re watching closely DID rocket past the Republican candidates this week to take on establishment Dems in the general! Making the national news and fueling MAGA fraud conspiracies is the quick late rise of Nythia Raman (LA’s Mamdani) overtaking Trump-beloved reality TV villain Spencer Pratt in the race to take on LA Mayor Karen Bass, whose tenure and record makes everyone sad. But what makes Orange County hearts beat with hope is seeing Santa Ana progressive Jessie Lopez surge past Republican Mayra Ruiz, to continue “the fight for the soul of the Democrat Party” against uber-vendido David Penaloza, continue it to November!
This is NOT what the crypto-billionaires, Meta and Google wanted to happen when they sank $4 million into David’s PRIMARY. They wanted to crush Jessie from the start like a bug, and not have to worry again. This is not what the oil and insurance companies, the landlord and charter-school associations expected when they gambled so big against Comeback Jessie, they expected they’d be done with her by now. Pero no.
AND this is not what the State and County Democrat Parties wanted when they united in lockstep behind this empty NASCAR suit. “David will have all the funding he needs, let’s hope we can avoid a costly D-on-D election so we can spend our money elsewhere. UNITY!” they cried out. But the people, the Democrat People, weren’t having it. Because look, from today:
Last week, you could say she was a distant third. Now she’s not only a safe second, in the race thru November, but she’s actually closing in on David! (800 votes behind.) She could very well pass him this week! Jessie tends to do this. Or is it just that Jessie’s voters, who love her, tend to procrastinate (perhaps even smoking weed a few of them) and then SPRINT across the finish line with their ballots in their teeth?
I’ll finish this piece tonight … or in the morning .. a lot more to say about this, but wanted to get this much out!
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It’s fun to watch these uber Trumpy interests pour money into Correa sorts of tools.
On basic principle I would never vote for a cop.