Will Ben Jealous pull Maryland Democrats together or apart? [View all]

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(Sorry about the divisive/wedge headline; Guess the Sun needs drama.)

'The day after Ben Jealous won Maryland’s Democratic nomination for governor, he appeared on a left-leaning MSNBC talk show and was asked the question roiling establishment Democrats.

Was he so liberal that he will help a Republican win? Break apart the Democratic Party?

Jealous largely dodged the premise of the question.

“Go ahead, call me a socialist,” Jealous answered, bringing up his latest job and most potent political antidote to the charge. “That doesn’t change the fact I’m a venture capitalist.” . .

Jealous supporters say the entire debate is overblown and ignores how the former NAACP chief won the primary in the first place: by building a coalition, unique in Maryland, of progressive organizations, labor unions and African-American support.'>>>


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-jealous-progressive-20180629-story.html