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Insurgent State Senator Kevin DeLeon has won the endorsement of the California Democratic Party over incumbent Dianne Feinstein in the runoff for U.S. Senator. Early reports state that DeLeon received 65% of the votes by members of the party’s Executive Board at its Bay area meeting, exceeding the required 60% threshold for a win. The result can be challenged for cause tomorrow morning.
Vern update: Our friend Victor is on the scene:
This is big, national news, and part of the ongoing story of progressives taking over the Democratic Party, the previous chapter being the primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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About Greg Diamond
Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that.
Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too.
He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.)
His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
*We love the DINO’s like DeLeon. Feinstein has every possible Committee Chair should
the Dems win in November. With DeLeon he becomes an immediate “back bencher”!
Time to fight The Trumpster not your own folks. What? She doesn’t want to support
Bernieworld? So….either do a bunch of others – 100% of them being “Replicant RINO’s”!
When I have time I’ll make a partial list of things Dianne has done over the last 30 years that we didn’t like. Bernie’s got nothing to do with it.
(1) DeLeon’s not a DINO. Not even Feinstein is, though she’s closer to it.
(2) Feinstein has “every possible committee chair” if by that you mean that one committee Chair is the most that is possible.
(3) California is significant AND he’ll immediately become one of the most significant Latino leaders in the country. Don’t worry about “back-bencher.”
(4) She doesn’t even want to support one of the rides at Bernieworld.
(5) You mean the test tube rhinos being conceived? Who cares what they think?
*Here is the deal. So Diane was bought off by Jim Jones in the day! So Diane
was their when Harvey Milk and the Mayor was gunned down by White….So,
Diane was there when Nixon got Impeached….So, Diane is a terrible Anti-Gunner and doesn’t understand the Firearm Mentality, although she carries, So Diane has served on more Senatorial Committees than Dan Rostonkowski….So Diane has spent her entire life dealing with a whole bunch of baloney, arrogance and ineffective stupids. Diane needs to be there at this time, during The Trumpster Dictatorship. DeLeon, may have his heart in the right place, but he certainly doesn’t have the Time In Grade in the Senate. We do not need a Democratic Mike Lee. We already have Kamala, who is wonderful…but needs Diane’s daily nudge here and there! Diane sets a high
bar for old folks…..to keep them involved in the process. Diane is still with it.
Throughout the years we have fought many of Diane’s Assault Weapons Bans and the like….but on Social Issues, Defense, and the Economy…..she has lots to bring to the party. Don’t get us wrong…Diane is not infallible, but
we need her right now….badly. No more McCain or Flake and another Marco Rubio sellout because he has a family….is not the answer!