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LeftInTX

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15. I think the big thing since you left are the jungle primaries.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 12:55 PM

Apr 12

Yikes. If this was just a regular primary and this came out about Swalwell, they would just vote another candidate..easy peasy....

As for inside info about the Democratic Party in CA, I have no idea. I live in the stuggling State of Texas. We have a new folksie state chair, Kendall Scudder who knows how to get a crowd worked up. And he's certainly got more practical ideas than the last chair. Will it translate to votes?

Well, it's better than Hinojosa whose motto was, "Texas is gonna turn blue". We also need to retire the old, "Texas isn't a red state, it's a non-voting state". When low turnout voters finally voted, they ended up voting for Trump...Hinojosa got the Texas Monthly Bumsteer award....

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As California Goes, So Goes the Nation - Eventually. [View all] MineralMan Apr 12 OP

It is now precisely the opposite Sympthsical Apr 12 #1

+1. Complacency, inertia, dysfunction dalton99a Apr 12 #2

So you don't think the Democratic Party is in upheaval nationwide? MineralMan Apr 12 #3

I was responding to your title Sympthsical Apr 12 #4

Back in 1976, I enjoyed watching news reports about Professor S. I. Hayakawa's run for the Senate. John1956PA Apr 12 #9

One can't forget Ronald Reagan or Arnold Schwarzenegger, either. MineralMan Apr 12 #11

California is going to slide into the Pacific. milestogo Apr 12 #5

Any day now. Except we will slide upwards towards Portland and Seattle and we will travelingthrulife Apr 12 #7

I had a relative who lived in California and she read the National Enquirer. milestogo Apr 12 #8

This is a discussion board about Democratic politics. If people here - who do or don't live in California - discuss Scrivener7 Apr 12 #6

Did I somehow suggest they not do that? MineralMan Apr 12 #10

I think this might be where you stumbled - "My opinion is neither useful nor wanted there." stopdiggin Apr 12 #14

Uh, not wanted there. In California. MineralMan Apr 12 #17

+1. The tired idea that you have to have worn a uniform stopdiggin Apr 12 #12

My favorite was when you had to get a job at the DOJ to have an opinion on Garland. That was fun. Scrivener7 Apr 12 #13

I think the big thing since you left are the jungle primaries. LeftInTX Apr 12 #15

Yes. I've always thought that was a mistake. MineralMan Apr 12 #16