Political Note #250 Cal Cunningham US Senate North Carolina
North Carolina may be the next Virginia. Move it further along in that direction by electing Cal Cunningham to the US Senate
Political Note #243 Ammar Campa-Hajjar CA CD 50
A few Latino-Arabs live in this country. Only one has run for Congress – Ammar Campa-Hajjar. He lost in 2018. By 3 points, fewer than 10,000 votes. He is back for more.
Political Note #242 Theresa Greenfield Iowa US Senate
You know someone like her. Good fortune. Has a great life. Misfortune. Even a tragedy.
Judicial convention
I was a delegate to the Judicial Convention. We nominated Democratic candidates for the New York Supreme Court. Sounds grand. It was kind of grand. These are judges in New York’s trial court. Those elected preside in the trial courts for Manhattan – 1.5 million people here.
Democrats: Debate Differently
Rules. Limit the total time for each candidate to speak. No limit on any one response.
The Justice Democrats
Apparently it is all Saikat Chakrabarti’s fault. Maureen Dowd says so. Others, too. He is leading Alexandria down the garden path. We are back to blaming women’s behavior on men. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY 14) is the Member of Congress. Chakrabarti is her chief of staff. Ocasio-Cortez is responsible for her staff.
Len’s Letters #13 Forget the Horse Race
Democrats are accused of a kind of elitism. Meritocratic elites. Members of a meritocratic elite who, perhaps, don’t quite deserve their place. Did they get a head start in the race?Did they get a head start because they were rich? Were their families members of a financial elite. Multi-millionaires. Billionaires. People who really give you a head start.