"Vote Democrat" ???
We have been bitching for a decade about the Republican tactic of using "Democrat" as an adjective -- "Democrat Party," for example.
Then the machine -- the Cook County Democratic Party -- sends out a mass mailing of their slate headed, "Vote Democrat." What's with these guys, anyway?
"Endorsed by Democrats of Cook County"
There was a non-machine slate for MWRD -- Metropolitan Water Reclamation District -- the sewage processing and flood control board. It featured Santos, a long time incumbent and labeled, "Endorsed by DEMOCRATS of Cook County." It also mentions some other candidates who are already on the machine slate -- for that matter, some of them were unopposed.
I don't much like the machine, but I'm not sure that pretending to be the machine makes me fonder of you.
1) Does anybody know why the machine dumped Santos? Generally, they endorse any incumbent who wants to run again.
2) Is this "Democrats of Cook County" intended to be more than a one-time thing?
3) Generally, is there a split developing that I don't know about?