A DSAer knocked off a15-term House incumbent Dem in Colorado primaries yesterday, and the centrists are in a panic. And Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser won the Democratic primary race for governor over Michael Bennet, a three-term incumbent U.S. senator. WaPo:
Bennet is the first sitting senator to lose a gubernatorial primary in 15 years, a loss underwritten by a nearly $1 million personal loan to his campaign and almost twice as much spending on TV ads compared to Weiser.
Weiser tweaked Bennet for voting to confirm eight of Trump’s Cabinet members. Bennet stood by his votes, except for the one to confirm Energy Secretary Chris Wright. He argued his support was necessary to help the state secure federal resources.
Colorado primary voters ultimately decided to leave Bennet in D.C., where he has another two years in his Senate term.
I take it the natives are restless.
Bennet spent twice as much as Weiser on television ads, and still lost. Keep that in mind as we face a flood of money going to Republican midterm candidates, thanks to yesterday’s campaign finance rules decision. The candidate with the most money can lose. It happens a lot. So I question whether the campaign finance decision will save the GOP’s ass in the midterms.
But it does appear a large part of Democratic voters are kind of done with Dem candidates who can’t think beyond the old status quo.
The fallout from the birthright citizenship decision continues. Stephen Miller and other MAGAts are calling for the U.S. to ban pregnant women from entering the country. I’m serious. Are they going to make women take pregnancy tests before they can enter?
"I don't see any reason that we should protect foreigners from the burden of American citizenship these days, since we're damning our own population!"