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Michael Goodwin: Michigan Senate race displays the radical ‘shift’ the Democratic Party has taken
New York Post ^ | Aug. 8, 2026 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 08/09/2026 6:45:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway

In the run-up to Michigan’s hotly contested Democratic Senate primary last week, a slew of headlines declared the showdown a “fight for the party’s soul.” As cliches go, that wasn’t a bad one.

Leaving aside the issue of whether a political party has a soul, the framing worked because the candidates represented starkly different positions, backgrounds and styles. The outcome would thus reflect the party’s emerging values and agenda in a key swing state.

And so it did, but in a way that simultaneously makes Michigan look bad and illustrates how radicals are gaining the upper hand in the national party.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: greaterislamproject; islamization

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1 posted on 08/09/2026 6:45:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
There's not much difference in practice between the mainstream Demwits and the jihadist radicals and/or DSA demagogues. Michigan primary voters are free to vote in either/any (but not BOTH) party's primary list, which means the jihadist got an unexpected boost here and there, which I'm pretty sure nails the lid on their coffin for 2026.

2 posted on 08/09/2026 6:53:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is just a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t think he really won.


3 posted on 08/09/2026 7:00:28 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: nickcarraway

America has shifted a lot in the last few years.

Mass immigration.

The weirdos (far left and LGBTQIA) were emboldened for 12 years under Obama and Biden.

Public schools and colleges adopted much of this CRT and LGBTQIA crap and you’re now starting to see the fruits.

Go talk to many young folks - they’re confused if Iran or we are the bad guys and they will immediately go to “brown people” and “imperialism / colonialism” as if those are arguments.


4 posted on 08/09/2026 7:01:04 PM PDT by Red6
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To: SunkenCiv

What was the “strategery” that Rush always talked about? Voting in the other party’s primary to get their worst candidate to the general election. Maybe R voters did that with El Sayed?


5 posted on 08/09/2026 7:04:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That is a very dangerous game to play.


6 posted on 08/09/2026 7:22:51 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: SunkenCiv

And Islamic immigration is the driving force


7 posted on 08/09/2026 7:26:14 PM PDT by Words Matter
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To: nickcarraway

Barry Zero’s pledge to fundamentally change America, in action folks.


8 posted on 08/09/2026 7:34:14 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

At least one did. 😁


9 posted on 08/09/2026 7:35:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is just a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: SunkenCiv

JMO but get the idea that particularly the MSM is exaggerating the Muslim primary victory that it is somehow the whole state when it is not, this makes MI sound like some country in the Middle East. It’s Detroit area shenanigans again that taint the rest of us.

The dems did poorly this round, Stevens is dumb as a pet rock and that’s the best they can do? Also get the feeling that this internecine war within the dem party is going to go on for many years, clearly they can’t ‘co-exist.’


10 posted on 08/09/2026 7:38:13 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes, they did that. Some admitted to it on FB, and maybe here on FreeRepublic, too. Agree, it is quite a gamble. It could backfire.


11 posted on 08/09/2026 7:52:42 PM PDT by madison10
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To: nickcarraway

That dude is as queer as a $3.00 bill.


12 posted on 08/09/2026 8:04:02 PM PDT by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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To: nickcarraway
The woman in this article has two jobs. Her unemployed boyfriend is a communist.


13 posted on 08/09/2026 8:12:06 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: quantim

(see my tagline)


14 posted on 08/09/2026 9:11:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is just a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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