None of us are in this to get Democrats better parking spaces. And the place with the most leverage right now is primary campaigns where we can ensure that a progressive runs against a Republican, instead of a centrist. That's one of the reasons I'm focusing a bit on reactionary DLC hack Marty Chavez, who is trying to wrap up the Democratic nomination for Senate in New Mexico. He is outright loathed by progressives, and this gives you a sense of why that is.
But perhaps an even bigger "oops" came with rumors that maybe everyone wasn't quite signed on with Chavez. That perhaps Chavez jumped the gun with the announcement of the team. Cope, Blanchard and Gonzales among others were rumored to not be on Chavez's side officially. And not amused that they were mentioned.
Heath Haussamen looked into it and found that Gonzales is not officially a member of his committee. Gonzales told Haussamen "I'm not a member of his committee. I notified his campaign staff of that yesterday afternoon but also notified them that I would continue to help the mayor raise money."
Gonzales went on to say he has agreed to help Chavez, but has also been helping Don Wiviott -- an opponent of Chavez in the primary -- raise money.
Cope and Blanchard did not comment to Haussamen.
But it grew worse when he tried to project confidence about the upcoming race.
He also said he is confident he would defeat Udall in a primary.
"Philosophically, he's so far to the left," Chávez said. "I'd rather not have him in the race, but that's a challenge I'd not shy away from."
Meanwhile, the Draft Udall campaign is hitting the Washington Post. Chavez is a nightmare. Because of his corrupt background, his legacy of reactionary policies, and his loathing of progressives, should he be the nominee there would be a Republican Senator from New Mexico one way or another. Hopefully we can get progressive Udall or Denish to run, and get to that 60 vote margin in the Senate that is within reach.
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