“But who exactly can they find in this area of NY City to push her back? “
The man she primaried out was Joe Crowley. He had been elected ten times before and was polling 29% ahead of AOC. So, he phoned in his campaign and thus lost. I think he could take her out in a campaign even though he is Caucasian in a heavily Hispanic district. (It was a Caucasian district before the Democratic diversity plan kicked in.) I think he could retake the district if he actually worked at it and had the party’s backing.
Couldn’t they dig up some fake Latino-like New Yorker...like that SNL character....Chico Escuela (Garett Morris playing some fake Latino ballplayer for the Mets)?
My impression of Joe Crowley is that he was Hillary....figuring you just needed to announce your candidacy, and that was the end of the discussion. To imagine some dimwit bartender could come up and do a serious primary...winning...it ought to be a Hollywood movie.
Before her election, I opined (and would have bet the farm on it) that the clearer heads at the DNC would support Crowley under the table, not wanting to lose his seniority power in Washington. On his side, being a 20-year vet, he would have had a lot of local IOUs to call in. Slam Dunk.
Boy, I would have lost the farm as well as my shirt.
If they were so inept that time, I doubt they can overcome her momentum now.