The funniest thing that could ever happen in American politics, however improbable, remains possible.
In fact, it remains possible enough that California Democrats have begun to squirm a bit.
According toThe New York Times, Democratic candidates for California’s governorship have turned on each other in the wake of an open letter from California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks urging the weakest of the candidates to withdraw from the race, rather than strengthen the candidacies of two front-running Republicans.
Yes, you read that correctly: two front-running Republicans in California.
At the core of the problem for Democrats lies the state’s open primary, which allows the top two finishers, regardless of party, to advance to the general election.
Remarkably, the latest polls show the only two viable Republican candidates prevailing over an enormous field of mediocre Democrats.
For instance, the latestRealClearPollingaggregate gives the advantage to Fox News contributor Steve Hilton with 15 percent support. Fellow Republican Chad Bianco, sheriff of Riverside County, came in just behind Hilton at 14.3 percent.
From there, a lengthy list of awful Democrats followed. Democratic Rep.Eric Swalwellof California, best known forpublic flatulence, ranked third with 12 percent support. Former Democratic Rep.Katie Porter, who went viral last year for her unhinged outbursts, ranked fourth at 11.3 percent. A third Democrat, billionaire activist Tom Steyer, came in fifth at a mere 9 percent.
After Steyer, it was a long way down to former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra at 4.7 percent. Meanwhile, “Other” — an amalgam of nearly a half-dozen Democrat longshots — gobbled up the remaining 8.1 percent combined support.
Thus, on Tuesday, Hicks published anopen letterto the longshots.
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