Сенсация в калифорнийской политике

Выдержка отсюда: www.npr.org/2018/02/25/588669505/california-democrats-decline-to-endorse-another-term-for-sen-dianne-feinstein

Before U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein could finish her speech at the California Democratic Party convention Saturday, the music began playing to indicate she had used her allotted time.

She kept talking. The music got louder. "I guess my time is up," Feinstein conceded as what sounded like a 1940s movie score continued playing.

Without missing a beat, supporters of her opponent, state Sen. Kevin de León echoed her statement in a chant: "Your time is up! Your time is up!" — a not-so-subtle reference to Feinstein's 25 years in the U.S. Senate.

It was a sign of things to come. The grass-roots Democratic activists gathered at the party's annual convention in San Diego this weekend implicitly rebuked the state's senior U.S. senator by denying her the party's endorsement for her re-election bid.

Feinstein finished far behind de León, the top Democrat in the state Senate. De León received 54 percent of delegates' votes to just 37 percent for Feinstein. It takes 60 percent to receive an endorsement.

Было бы печально обнаружить через некоторое время дополнительные скелеты в шкафу у её главного соперника-демократа, Кевина де Леона. Пока вроде таковых имеется два: (1) устроил дочку в какую-то демократическую контору (2) делил в Сакраменто жильё с другим политиком, обвинённым в сексуальных домогательствах, и, в качестве руководителя калифорнийского Сената, медленно или недостаточно чётко прореагировал на эти обвинения. 

А сенсация действительно мощная.