“Establishment Democrats about to get a reminder: do what the voters want or you’re fired. Also, it’s too late: you’re fired.”
Trying to stay positive in these largely positive and great outcomes, but man, it really is putting highlighter down on how disappointing California’s results were.
What happened in California?
Well I can’t really blame Tuesday per se… but their primary was generally a disappointment. And it came on the heals of some other progressive L’s, where just, it seemed like the terminally online component of the left (the tankie-crats) were self-destructing on the only even decent people in those races. At the same time, the field was incredibly “mid” and there was a general sentiment of “this is the best you can do California?” and the results were as disappointing as we expected them to be.
Two races in particular: The governors race and the house race to replace Pelosi. And like with many of the NYC races, these are safe blue seats, so the primary is everything. First with the house race, its a very important seat because its SFO, and like a very very safe seat; whoever won is going to be in congress for easily 40 years. Saikat was the progressive in the race, but local DSA kinda self destructed, and they had trouble gaining a local edge because they also failed to get AOC’s endorsement. I really blame this one on AOC. I don’t think she endorsed because of local DSA, but it really left a turd floating in the punchbowl to not do so.
The second dissapointment is Steyer. And yeah. Maybe California needed to do better in terms of fielding candidates, but at a certain point, you go with what you got.
Then there was the LA race and its associated drama.
Just across the board CA kinda blew it. And not just on election night but in the whole run-up.
Everyone in my echo chamber has decided to not vote for any incumbent, will be interesting to see tomorrow what other echo chambers do (or don’t do)
This article was shared with me recently, when I mused about the great failure of the flower power movement, and while I feel it’s a bit dated, among other criticisms, it largely seems to sum up the problems I see among the US “socialist” movement that is depending on voting as the wtg, now, not to mention none of these candidates are left :
If they WIN these Unnecessarily CLOSE races it’s PROOF that Democrats need MORE Maga Support in the Future!
-Democrat Startegists!
