LAST POST

ROOTING FOR DR. HANS


For one obvious reason, this will be my last post on "Rooting for Dr. Hans": his concession a few hours ago to his competitor Harley Rouda. I am of course disappointed in the outcome of this hard-fought race, and the tiny difference in the number of votes cast makes it especially heartbreaking for those of us who supported Dr. Hans and liked his chances for beating the unnameable incumbent.

But...

We also have reason to celebrate: we dodged that top-two bullet and the prospect of having to choose between two Republicans in November. We have a Democratic candidate to vote for. Each of us will now have two urgent tasks:

1) to support our Democratic candidate and the Democratic ticket in every way we can--which includes our pocketbooks, insofar as we are in a position to do so. I pledge to make my first contribution to the Harley Rouda campaign today, and it will not be the last;

2) to persuade all our friends of the necessity of turning out to vote; of making our shared convictions public; of contacting their friends and associates with a positive Democratic message as well as a rejection of Tr*mp, his administration, and every one of his Republican enablers including notably, in our district, the far right-wing incumbent.

Please join me in this effort. Amidst all the distractions scattered in our field of vision, we must not lose sight of our immediate purpose, to change our representation in the US Congress. I will announce my new blog shortly, in support of Harley Rouda.