Get the hell out of dodge
Democrats beat their chests in celebration after the retirements of Reps. Royce and Issa. Then they started to think. Then they started to worry.
Now they’re starting to panic.
Here’s a collection of the latest headlines about the races to replace Royce and Issa:
- Buzzfeed: So Many Democrats Are Running For Office They Might Run Themselves Out Of The Race
- Los Angeles Times: California’s ‘jungle’ primary system could blow up in the Democratic Party’s face
- San Diego Union-Tribune: Issa meltdown could pose strategic dilemma for Democrats
- Coast News Group: GOP retirements might just complicate life for Democrats
- San Diego Union-Tribune: A scramble and some panic in race for Issa seat
Buzzfeed spotlights the prisoner’s dilemma facing Democrats, with candidate Doug Applegate declaring: “Everybody but me needs to get the hell out of dodge.”
California Democrat Zoe Lofgren agrees this is a problem without a solution: “We can’t tell people we can’t run for Congress… It’s just there are too many of them.”
Will national Democrats try to force Democrats out and risk a progressive backlash, or will they let the chips fall as they may and risk losing these seats altogether? Tick tock.