Last night's primaries were interesting for a lot of reasons, but we cats want to say that we're especially pleased at Democrat Christine Hallquist's nomination for Governor of Vermont. And not just because we can't wait for Donald Drumpf to tweet off the deep end about her.
(Actually, we're hoping that by the time he realizes Christine exists, Drumpf will have been banned from Twitter for violating their terms of use. He certainly already deserves to be booted off, as many recipients of his threats and insults could attest.)
Not many people are betting on Hallquist, former CEO of the Vermont Electric Cooperative, ousting Republican Phil Scott — but for kinda weird reasons. So the Green Mountain State hasn't failed to re-elect an incumbent Governor since 1962? Big woo. In these days of flouted precedents, stuff like that hardly seems to matter. And if you get an interesting, exciting candidate who talks about issues that are important to people — in a blue wave year, no less — things can happen.
Therefore, GOP, take nothing for granted. (Betcha a few weeks ago you didn't think Chris Collins would be off the New York ballot either.) Meanwhile, we like this congratulatory message from Virginia Delegate Danica Roem, another transgender woman who was told in 2017 that she couldn't possibly win: "If anyone tells you the Republican incumbent is too entrenched for you to defeat in the general election . . . yeah, about that," Roem tweeted with a wink. We cats PURR.
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