Progressive Michigan Dems notch victory over establishment with Attorney General endorsement

[RandySF]

NOTE: I AM NEITHER AN "ESTABLISHMENT" DEMOCRAT NOT REVOLUTIONARY. I LOOK FOR THE BEST CANDUDATE AT THE BEST TIME AT PLACE. IN THIS CASE, MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP DANA NESSEL FOR MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL AT WWW.DANA2018.COM .


The Michigan Democratic Party has backed a progressive candidate for attorney general in a endorsement convention that attracted an influx of left-leaning Democrats energized by Bernie Sanders' presidential candidacy.

Dana Nessel, a metro Detroit attorney best known for successfully challenging Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage, eked out a win over establishment candidate Pat Miles, a former U.S. attorney for western Michigan under Obama. Nessel is a Sanders supporter who had support from the party's Progressive Caucus.

The private practice attorney's victory bucks a longtime trend in Michigan politics, whereby the Democratic Party endorsement follows suit with the endorsements of the influential UAW and AFL-CIO. In this case, both those groups backed Miles. Nessel, however, did have support from the Michigan Education Association, as well as Detroit's Iron Workers local and the Democratic Party's Cannabis Caucus.

In the days before the convention, local media were predicting massive turnout among progressives energized by Sanders as well as other Democrats who've become politically active in response to Donald Trump's presidency. The prediction proved accurate, ultimately helping tip the scale in Nessel's favor. More than 6,800 party delegates participated in the convention at Cobo Hall Sunday, even as a spring storm produced strong winds, rain, ice and snow across Michigan. By contrast, the Detroit News and Associated Press reported that just 2,000 people voted in a similar endorsement election in 2010. According to the News, Nessel helped bus people to the convention from across the state. Miles, meanwhile, likely relied on the unions who backed him to get their membership to show up.


https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/04/15/progressive-democrats-notch-victory-over-establishment-with-ag-endorsement

[GulfCoast66]

1. Now is not the time to celebrate

If Nessel loses in the general then it is all for naught.

Hopefully the blue wave materializes.

But if we start instinctively opposing those who served under Obama and are endorsed by unions like the UAW because their opponents are energized by Bernie Sanders then we are sunk.

It is great that 6800 turned out. But as we saw in our own caucuses in 16 an excited support base does not mean a win.

I am a pragmatist at heart and realize that I can be slow to catch onto new movements.

[RandySF]

3. I followed the convention

I don’t think the UAW put as much energy into it as one might think. And Nessel has a strong biography.

[GulfCoast66]

4. Got it. I hope she can win through

I read your OP as considering serving under Obama and being endorsed by the UAW as being the ‘establishment’ and thus to be opposed, and that caused me some concern.

I am assuming that is not how you intended it to read.