that’s definitely one of the factors that’s kept her in office. Cali’s approach to primaries often leaving more moderate conservatives without a republican to consider. But she’s become something of a shibboleth for a certain part of the right. Not Nancy Pelosi level. And not as much as for the Bernie end of the left. But I could see that capping her cross over appeal in certain sections of the state.
At the same time you’ve got a left that’s at the very least not happy with her. And an electorate that’s getting less old and less white. For a candidate whose base is in the older, whiter, wealthier sections of the state.
I don’t think any of those factors alone could tilt it. But I could see a confluence of them causing some weird.
And wasn’t her election initially celebrated as a success for the rise of a newer, younger progressive movement within the DNC. I’m pretty sure I saw plenty describing her as a “Bernie style” democrat. Even though they don’t appear to have much association. As is now standard when anyone on the progressive end of the DNC has some success. And of course the hand wringing response about how she may not be a real progressive because she’s been involved in politics for more than 15 minute.
And now Obama is emblematic of the shitty pseudo conservative DNC old guard typified by Feinstein.
You don’t generally gain influential position and high elected office in a particular political party with out participating in that political party.
de Leon has a pretty typical political career for a congressional candidate. Not all that dissimilar from Harris’. It’s very likely he has the same sort of associations with the establishment.
