Labor does not need to beat Towns to win this race; all they need to do is prove that anyone who defies them buys themselves a well-financed primary opponent. Most members are risk adverse and will draw the obvious conclusion. But, if that opponent is not well financed they will have hurt themseleves.
On the other hand, if they succeed in electing Charles Barron to Congress, they will be hurting the Democratic party worse than anything Towns ever did (or did not do). Barron's every outrageous, racist statement will be a millstone hung around the neck of Democrats everywhere while his picture will be featured in every Republican fundraising request. He is a big Christmas gift to the RNC.
Ed Towns is the political equivalent of indigestion; Charles Barron is a heart attack.
Labor does not need to beat Towns to win this race; all they need to do is prove that anyone who defies them buys themselves a well-financed primary opponent. Most members are risk adverse and will draw the obvious conclusion. But, if that opponent is not well financed they will have hurt themseleves.
On the other hand, if they succeed in electing Charles Barron to Congress, they will be hurting the Democratic party worse than anything Towns ever did (or did not do). Barron's every outrageous, racist statement will be a millstone hung around the neck of Democrats everywhere while his picture will be featured in every Republican fundraising request. He is a big Christmas gift to the RNC.
Ed Towns is the political equivalent of indigestion; Charles Barron is a heart attack.