El-Sayed Topples Stevens and Establishment, Bringing Progressive Experiment to General Election

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Originally published at: El-Sayed Topples Stevens and Establishment, Bringing Progressive Experiment to General Election - TPM – Talking Points Memo

Progressive Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), the pick of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The race was much closer than polls foretold, with a late glut projecting as much as a double-digit El-Sayed victory. The Associated Press called the race just before 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The…

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I hope that if the Democrats take back the Senate, Schumer will be tossed onto the ash pile of failed politicians.

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This is great news! TPM alum Brian Beutler has an excellent take here: 27 Thoughts On A Tough Primary Season - by Brian Beutler

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A more accurate headline “El Sayed Barely Beats Stevens”. Just saying.

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I think what we are seeing is the end of the Democratic duck and cover reaction to Ronald Reagan and the Republican ascendancy. For decades Democrats ran from their traditional positions. The best Democratic President in that period, Barack Obama, couldn’t get a full throated health care plan passed and implimented. The Democrats just wouldn’t be loud and proud. Some say this is the beginning of the Democratic version of the Tea Party and in a way it is, but I think of it as being a return to the Democratic party of Harry Truman and LBJ. Way to go Michigan.

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Yes, but he won in the face of $32 million from AIPAC and $30 million more from the Chuck Schumer establishment. This wasn’t an overlooked race. The people of Michigan just sent a message.

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“Topple” does not indicate scale, just to defeat or knock over.

Which is accurate

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And this morning, mainstream Dems need to present a united front to support him. Period. Full stop.

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Been saying something similar to friends lately. The end of the we’re-not-liberal-we’re-nicer-Republicans approach, and good riddance.

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I look forward to the massive wake-up call that takes place a week from now after the Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries are called.

The party apparatchiks are losing ground with the voters and, frankly, it’s way past time.

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Schumer needs to step aside. He’s one of the bigger reasons we ended up with Trump47.

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