California Democrats stun Feinstein by endorsing election foe Kevin de Leon

[oberliner]

Last edited Sun Jul 15, 2018, 12:49 PM - Edit history (1)

Top California Democratic Party officials jolted four-term incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein with a vote to endorse her November election opponent, fellow Democrat state Sen. Kevin de León.

De León won 65 percent of the 333 ballots cast by members of the party’s executive board at an Oakland hotel Saturday, while 28 percent preferred “no endorsement,” which Feinstein requested last week. Feinstein won only 7 percent of the vote. The threshold for winning an endorsement was 60 percent.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-Democrats-stun-Feinstein-by-endorsing-13076085.php

This seems pretty significant.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Good! Time for some new blood in the Democratic Party.

[brer cat]

3. And nothing says "new blood"

like Bernie/Elizabeth 2020.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

5. +1 . N/t

[mcar]

7. ...

[NurseJackie]

9. You got it!! Nailed it!!

[Voltaire2]

12. Lulzd

Feinstein is 85. You should find a different argument to attack Voldemort.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

16. True, neither has run for President on the Democratic ticket before... would make an awesome team!!

[Me.]

2. And The Voters Say?

by millions more votes?

[shenmue]

4. Dianne.

[The River]

6. Either Way

the seat stays in the D column.

Personally, I'd prefer some new blood.

[peggysue2]

8. Because this makes so-o-o much sense

Deny the endorsement to the candidate who crushed it in the primary.

Because actual voters chose Feinstein.

But please carry on with the purity politics. Although there's a true disconnect and irony here when you consider all the brouhaha over superdelegates.

Oy!

[NurseJackie]

10. I believe you've summed-it-up perfectly.

Although there's a true disconnect and irony here when you consider all the brouhaha over superdelegates.

I believe you've summed-it-up perfectly. There is a true disconnect.

[Agschmid]

11. What's shocking is the difference between the primary and the caucus.

I stand with Dianne.

[chowder66]

13. How can Sen. Feinstein be stunned when she specifically didn't not request endorsement?

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Feinstein-won-t-seek-California-Democratic-13052456.php

It's incredible to me that the same paper is flipping this around. Wow!

[TheBlackAdder]

14. So, CDP officials shrug Democrats Bottom-up philosophy and adopt Republican Top-Down Gatekeeper one.

[Historic NY]

15. Who won the primary?

[oberliner]

17. Feinstein and De Leon were the top 2 finishers

Feinstein 2,945,177
De Leon 804,965

[all american girl]

18. So party insiders decided they wouldn't support the will of the voters

because of some purity test with a dash of misogyny...where have I heard this before? Oh yeah, when bernie wanted the SDs to overturn the will of the voters. Got to hand it to them, they sure like playing the same game, don't they?