Why The Political Reality Of Cenk Uygur?

Please listen to this 44 minute interview that Nicole Sandler did with Cenk Uygur a few days ago on her show. It would be enough to make the mythical centrist's blood boil-- if there were any mythical centrists and they weren't all as prevalent as unicorns. Do you think the party leadership wants to hear, "We can win this race and we can rock this country?" They don't. From the neo-lib governor, Gavin Newsom to Nancy Pelosi and the slimy Democratic Party chiefs on every level... they are all against Cenk-- and in an unprecedented fashion. Here's why:
  



Cenk is running for Congress in an open suburban congressional just north of Los Angeles-- Simi Valley, Santa Clarita Valley and Antelope Valley. Before he threw his hat into the ring, I told him the Democratic establishment would come down on him like a ton of bricks if he decided to run. He said he knew, he had crucial issues he wanted to get out there and he would run anyway. So he did-- and the Democratic establishment in Santa Clarita, in Los Angeles, in Sacramento and in DC all came down on him like tons and tons and tons of bricks. You'll hear about why during the short interview above.

"My God, imagine if I win! If I start making those speeches [about bribery] on the floor of the House and calling out Republican and Democratic leadership and saying, "Look, you take fossil fuel money, you take health insurance money, drug company money-- and I'll show you exactly how much you took-- that means you should not vote on this bill. At a bare minimum it is a massive conflict of interest... Put me in coach."

It's what freaked the Democratic leadership out when AOC started doing that. They shut her down fast too. Remember this?

It's exactly where Cenk wants to go-- and it's exactly why the Democratic Party-- steeped in corruption, built on corruption-- is fully backing an indemnity politics nothing candidate, who stands for nothing and means nothing and has never accomplished anything and would-- if she were to win-- climb right up into the back benches and sit there and say nothing until she's called on by the leadership and told what to say. She was chosen. The Republicans are smacking their lips and believe that even in a now-blue district-- yes CA-25 has a significant and growing Democratic registration advantage-- their candidate can beat her. I doubt 2020 ill be a year Republicans-- with Trump like an albatross hung around their necks-- are beating anyone in a blue district, regardless of how mediocre they are.

2022, though, will not be a good cycle for mediocre freshmen and sophomores. That isn't something the DCCC ever thinks about and certainly not this year with another less-than-mediocre nothing, Cheri Bustos, is in charge of the committee.

If Cenk manages to win this race, CA-25 is going to have as their representative the most outrageous and aggressive progressive in Congress. It can happen. There's probably no chance this district will get to have the best member of Congress again, probably not ever. See that thermometer above? That's the DownWithTyranny ActBlue page that you can use to contribute to his campaign. "I wish the Progressive Caucus" was more progressive." Where have you heard that before? Have you ever heard a candidate say anything like that before? I honestly thought that idea didn't exist anywhere but on the pages of DWT. He's not going to be a "don't rock the boat" member of Congress. I predict he'll be the 2020 version of Vito Marcantonio, whose spectacular congressional career ended in 1951.