We're not steeped in New York State politics, but we were gratified to see a group of DINOs go down to defeat in their primary elections to progressive challengers. The group who called themselves the "Independent Democratic Conference" (shades of Joe Lieberman) broke off from the Dem party in the State legislature and aligned with the Rethugs to give them a majority. Led by State Sen. Jeffery "De" Klein (Bronx), six of the fake Dems lost their primary bids, making the control of the State government by Dems more likely. From the Times report:
"The losses were not only a resounding upset for the members of the Independent Democratic Conference, who outspent their challengers several times over, but also a sign that the progressive fervor sweeping national politics had hobbled New York’s once-mighty Democratic machine, at least on a local level."The victor over Klein, Alessandra Biaggi, forced him to spend a whopping $2 million to defend his seat, ten times more than she spent. As she put it, “If this doesn’t prove that political currency is people over money, I do not know what does.”
The blue wave is here, and it's not sparing Vichy Dems.
