this morning’s San Jose Mercury News had a couple good political articles.
[former Congresswoman Ellen] Tauscher has launched the “California 7 Project” to unseat seven Republican House members who won last year in ticket-splitting congressional districts that also backed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president.
To pull this off, Tauscher and her campaign manager from two decades ago, Katie Merrill, plan to tap into the pool of anxious Democrats searching for a way to get politically involved in the wake of President Donald Trump’s election.
…the numbers show the seven Republicans are potentially vulnerable.
They are Jeff Denham of Modesto, David Valadao of Hanford, Steve Knight of Palmdale, Ed Royce of Brea, Mimi Walters of Irvine, Dana Rohrabacher of Huntington Beach and Darrell Issa of Vista.
I probably won’t like much about any candidates picked by Ellen Tauscher and her PAC. We’re going to see Business Dems. Bleah. But they have a plan that makes sense, and I’m gratified to see Democrats with any plan at all.
speaking of Business Dems, there was also a long piece on my new congressman
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/23/ro-khanna-wants-to-be-silicon-valleys-ambassador-to-middle-ame
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…Khanna is the only member of Congress to join Justice Democrats, a liberal organization backing primary challenges to moderate Democrats. As someone who defeated an incumbent, Khanna said he believes competitive primaries lead to more effective representatives.
This ducks the fact that he was the moderate challenging a progressive Democrat.
The “Justice Dems” make a big thing out of not taking PAC money. Khanna has lots of money, whether or not it comes from something defined as a PAC.
