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Forget Hillary Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders: This Is the Bloodiest Primary of 2016
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/25/forget-hillary-clinton-vs-bernie-sanders-this-is-the-bloodiest-primary-of-2016.htmlUnlike the routine tug of war Democrats get into every four years over whether to be more like Denmark or more like the status quo, the Senate battle between Reps. Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen is a slug fest dripping with accusations of sexism and racism.
See, Van Hollen’s a white boy. That was evident when I followed him as he went on an awkward tour of Baltimore’s black barbershops on Saturday. Wearing a wrinkled sport coat from the car trip he’d obviously taken that morning from the predominantly white suburbs of Washington, the seven-term congressman stood out like, well, a clunky white politician pandering for votes in gritty Northeast Baltimore.
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The Senate candidate—who is moderate, or at least an ‘establishment’ deal maker, and by most accounts has had to tack left in the primary, like Clinton, on issues like trade policy—was most at ease when discussing Maryland sports.
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That other member of the House trying to attain new and highly coveted Senate digs is Donna Edwards—a five-term congresswoman who is a black. Her unspoken pitch to voters is that she’s, well, black.
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The congresswoman, who represents the most affluent African-American population in the nation from the suburbs of D.C., seems perplexed the Democratic Party establishment seems to be stacking the deck for Van Hollen in the race to replace Senator Mikulski. The five-term senator was a feisty pioneer and the first female elected to the upper chamber of Congress without an appointment or riding the coattails of a deceased husband or father.
“I thought that for us, as Democrats, we say we’re a party of diversity and inclusion, we believe that it’s important for all voices to be at the table,” a visibly annoyed Edwards said. “I’m making a very compelling argument that, all things being equal, we know that they are not equal and it’s time to have the voice of an African-American woman who is highly qualified to be in the United States Senate.”
See, Van Hollen’s a white boy. That was evident when I followed him as he went on an awkward tour of Baltimore’s black barbershops on Saturday. Wearing a wrinkled sport coat from the car trip he’d obviously taken that morning from the predominantly white suburbs of Washington, the seven-term congressman stood out like, well, a clunky white politician pandering for votes in gritty Northeast Baltimore.
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The Senate candidate—who is moderate, or at least an ‘establishment’ deal maker, and by most accounts has had to tack left in the primary, like Clinton, on issues like trade policy—was most at ease when discussing Maryland sports.
...
That other member of the House trying to attain new and highly coveted Senate digs is Donna Edwards—a five-term congresswoman who is a black. Her unspoken pitch to voters is that she’s, well, black.
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The congresswoman, who represents the most affluent African-American population in the nation from the suburbs of D.C., seems perplexed the Democratic Party establishment seems to be stacking the deck for Van Hollen in the race to replace Senator Mikulski. The five-term senator was a feisty pioneer and the first female elected to the upper chamber of Congress without an appointment or riding the coattails of a deceased husband or father.
“I thought that for us, as Democrats, we say we’re a party of diversity and inclusion, we believe that it’s important for all voices to be at the table,” a visibly annoyed Edwards said. “I’m making a very compelling argument that, all things being equal, we know that they are not equal and it’s time to have the voice of an African-American woman who is highly qualified to be in the United States Senate.”
There are two excellent Dem candidates in this MD Senate race, and it's neck-and-neck. FI: BOTH have endorsed Hillary Clinton for President.
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