The biggest primary race in NY has got to be Charlie Rangel's attempt to hold onto the congressional seat he's held for twenty-one terms. Personally, I've always liked Rangel, but I've been appalled at his recent ethical lapses. As much as it pains me to say it, I'd have to throw my support behind Adriano Espaillat, a Dominican-American state senator running in a heavily Dominican district (I think he'd represent his constituents well). I think Rangel will survive though, with turnout projected to be low. As I said before, I like Rangel, flaws and all, so I won't be upset if he wins, and he'll have a certain amount of congressional seniority, even though he will be used as a scapegoat for Republican politicians hoping to make points about the "bipartisan" nature of poor Congressional ethics.
In the newly formed 7th Congressional District, I'd have to say that I think Nydia Velasquez has been doing a fine job, and I hope she wins reelection. There's some scuttlebutt about her primary opponents being proxies in a conflict with Brooklyn Democratic party boss Vito Lopez, but I don't know enough about Brooklyn politics to comment with any authority... I primarily view Brooklyn as a place where a bastard can drink and learn.
Closer to home, the race to watch is the primary to find a challenger to useless teabagger Nan Hayworth, who inexplicably beat John Hall in 2010. I have no real familiarity with the candidates, but any one of them is better that Nan.
That's the rundown, since I've bored you all with this post about local issues, I figure I owe a consolation prize on this primary day, so here's an appropriate video:
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I remember donating to Hall.
I wish him the best of luck. But I do not consider what happened to so many of our lefty heroes in 2010 a mystery, B^4.
The Democratic majorities that emerged from 2008 eventually exposed the Democratic party for what it is: a group controlled by corporatists who don't give a flying fuck about the average American.
(In other words, the same as the GOP, minus the racist and misogynist marketing.)
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The Democratic majorities that emerged from 2008 eventually exposed the Democratic party for what it is: a group controlled by corporatists who don't give a flying fuck about the average American.
I think the onus is on us to vote out the Blue Dogs. I'm a little miffed that the Presnit isn't the liberal firebrand he was supposed to be, and that he disbanded the coalition he brought together for the campaign. I'm also a little miffed that "Occupy" doesn't get more involved in electoral politics, but I'm not willing to give up the vote.
the only people who presented Obama as a liberal firebrand were teh opposition, BBBB.
I never thought he was any kind of liberal.
I think the onus is on us to vote out the Blue Dogs.
Obama is the Blue Dog in Chief.
In other words, what Mr. Fish said.
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