How to Cook a Democratic Primary
An Easy to Follow Recipe
Ingredients
- $8 to $14.5 million*
- New progressive Black incumbent
- A Democratic candidate willing to be associated with campaign money from the fringe right, political action groups representing foreign interest and/or MAGA supporters
- Large numbers of Republicans willing to switch parties to influence a Democratic primary
- Muted and/or divided local Black leadership
*Secret sauce is how much may have to go directly to the challenger.
Optional
- Muted local party support
- Muted local white progressive support
- New Congressional lines that remove a significant portion of Black voters
- Cryptocurrency millionaires providing additional funds to challenger
Preparation
- Find a compelling issue not connected to the large donor’s interest and stick with it!
- Overwhelm the media with a singular dog whistle message.
- Turnout the vote among white conservative voters.
- Be willing to spend whatever it takes to defeat the Black incumbent.
Pair this meal with a robust “Know Your Place” wine from the Jim Crow Winery vintage 1879 thru 1965. For those seeking a more subtle but with strong undertones a pairing from the “White Southern Strategy” vineyards circa 1972 thru 2008 is an excellent option.
This meal goes nicely with a side dish of unintended consequences for down ballot Democrats. Those large groups of conservative single issue former Republicans voting in their primaries provide a zesty end to any progressive agenda or independent black leadership.
Once you get the hang of it, you can share this recipe with other PACs who are willing to spend millions to corrupt the democratic process to remove Black elected officials.
Bon Appetit!
INDIGESTION: Kamala Harris’s more nuanced approach to the Gaza situation may be hard for Westchester’s “Instant Democrats” to swallow. They won’t be donating, door-knocking, card-writing and sign-planting at all as they did for George Latimer in the CD 16 Congressional primary. They won’t even support Latimer in the general election as much as they supported Latimer in the primary.
HEARTBURN: Mondaire Jones’s completely unnecessary pre-primary endorsement of Latimer left Working Families Party and other progressive activists heart-broken and lacking the motivation to devote their time and energy to help him in the difficult CD 17 general election. And “fat chance” of his getting any significant number of cross-over Republican votes in that District. So, just like two years ago when he surrendered his incumbency to run in NYC, Jones’s bad decision-making may again hurt the Democrats’ push for a majority in US House of Representatives.