The contest was who would lead the Democratic delegation to the 2020 Democratic Convention….
The powerful Democrat Governor of New York’s vs the iconic first term Progressive Democratic Queens , New York House member….
It wasn’t even close….
Gov. Andrew Cuomo easily defeated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tuesday in a surprise challenge to determine who will head New York’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs — a Cuomo ally — fumed that he was “blindsided” when a motion was made to nominate AOC to head the delegation during an online Democratic Committee meeting.
Still, Cuomo received 218 votes compared to the 34 votes gleaned by the first-term congresswoman, who represents portions of Queens and The Bronx, Jacobs said
“It was a bad performance. AOC got 13 percent of the vote. She did vote for herself,” Jacobs said following the meeting.
Jacobs said he was disappointed because he wanted party unity before heading into the convention, which takes place in Milwaukee Aug. 17-20, though the coronavirus pandemic has scaled back in-person events.
“It surprised me. I was blindsided by it. It was bad faith,” Jacobs said.
Jacobs said it appeared that “rogue operators” were behind the AOC nomination and that he didn’t think the congresswoman herself instigated the challenge.
As governor, Cuomo is considered the de-facto head of the state Democratic Party….
Hmmm?
Former President Barack Obama on Monday endorsed six New Yorkers running for House seats, but he did not endorse freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Obama’s “first wave” of 2020 endorsements follow the Democratic primaries, meaning they won’t influence who makes the November ballot. But the popular former president still carries sway with donors and voters.
Obama released the list of candidates he supports on Twitter. It’s possible he will add additional New Yorkers closer to the election.
Ocasio-Cortez, a self-declared socialist known by her initials, AOC, has been a powerful figure in Democratic races this year and has helped steer the party to the left on issues like health care and education….
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Today I saw for the first time AOC’s short but very effective campaign commercial for Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) who faces Cong. Joe Kennedy III in a Sept. 1st Democratic primary.
I can’t yet locate or retrieve the commercial on line, but it cites their joint sponsorship of the Green New Deal. AOC also says that having young ideas (like Ed Markey’s) is more important than chronological youth (like Kennedy’s).
Markey & Kennedy have another television debate next week, I think but cannot confirm.
Maybe little Kennedy will respond with, “Why is a Yankees fan telling us who to vote for?”
Mass. Atty-Gen. Martha Coakley (D) essentially doomed her 2010 U.S. Senate campaign against Scott Brown (when he was still running in Massachusetts before decamping à la Romney to N.H.) by accusing (of all people) the bloody-socked Curt Schilling of the same unforgivable, unpardonable sin (analogous to calling CG and George Will devotees of the Cardinals):
Washington (CNN) – Former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling blasted Martha Coakley Saturday after the Massachusetts Democratic Senate hopeful told a Boston radio talk show host that Schilling, a Republican, is a Yankees fan. This is a serious charge in “Red Sox Nation”: Schilling is a part of baseball lore as the pitcher who battled through pain with a bloody ankle in 2004 to defeat the Yankees in Game Six of the American League Championship Series.
This is a serious charge in “Red Sox Nation”: Schilling is a part of baseball lore as the pitcher who battled through pain with a bloody ankle in 2004 to defeat the Yankees in Game Six of the American League Championship Series.
“I’ve been called a LOT of things,” Schilling wrote on his blog at 1:06 a.m. ET. “But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. Well, check that, if you didn’t know what the hell is going on in your own state maybe you could….”
Schilling, who considered running for the Senate seat, is backing GOP nominee Scott Brown in Tuesday’s special election to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy….
CNN blog
Curt Schilling would no longer be a political asset in MA.