HERE COME THE KAMIKAZES – AT 12:06 P.M. ET:  It is remarkable to see the Democratic Party self-destruct right in front of our eyes.  From The Hill: 

The California Democratic Party endorsed progressive candidate Kevin de León for Senate late Saturday in a stunning rebuke of 25-year incumbent and establishment favorite Dianne Feinstein.

De León, the state Senate president pro tempore, secured 65 percent of the party’s vote, while just 7 percent voted to endorse Feinstein.

A candidate needed 60 percent of the vote to win the endorsement. Twenty-eight percent of the body voted not to endorse any candidate.

“Today’s vote is a clear-eyed rejection of politics as usual in Washington, D.C.,” de León said in a statement. “Through years of hard-won progress, we have proven to the world that California can forge a path for the rest of the nation.”

“We have presented Californians with the first real alternative to the worn-out Washington playbook in a quarter-century,” he added.

COMMENT:  No matter how we might differ with Senator Feinstein on a number of issues, she is considered one of the grown-ups in the Senate, a sane liberal respected across the aisle.  To see her treated like this is to see the extreme left at work.  No loyalty  No class.  No dignity.  But plenty of identity politics.  Senator Feinstein is not a member of a favored group.  Neither is Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate Democratic leader.  The Marxist left is going after him as well.

Feinstein will probably still win the election.  California has what is commonly known as a "jungle primary" system.  The top two winners go on to the general election, even if they're members of the same party.  Feinstein and De Leon were the top two, but Feinstein is way ahead in the polls. 

I hope she wins.  California is our largest state, and I'd hate to see it influence other states in advancing "progressivism," which is a more polite term than the more accurate "leftism" or the even more precise "Marxism."

July 15,  2018