Uh, the CA Democratic Party endorsed Kevin De Léon mercurynews.com/2018/07/14/fei…
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1336891617719017472
I think though, pertinent to @JaneMayerNYer's piece today, that endorsement was received (perhaps accurately?) as a fissure between the Bernie Dems and the liberals/centrists. And maybe, party leaders should have been more explicit about the age factor, where appropriate.
it was talked about on the DL, and there was "page turning" rhetoric, but perhaps because the Bernie/Hillary fissure was so fresh, and nowhere more keenly felt than in CA, it was cast as a race between those proxies. That didn't help @kdeleon's (uphill) case.
Super tiresome to even have to say this, but I'm not trying to dunk on @mattyglesias. Who's no doubt decently up to speed on CA Dem factional politics, but maybe isn't as much as residents/isn't speaking to that audience.
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