That’s why if Hong becomes her party’s nominee, it will be interesting to hear her describe her contempt for the Thanksgiving holiday and why she thinks it should be canceled.

Hong also can explain why, as she has revealed, she’s feels uncomfortable among Whites, the same people whose votes she is seeking.

Will these two candidates be long shots in a general election? One would think so.

But Republicans had best not count their chickens before they’re hatched.

The Democratic socialist promises of

everything for everyone at someone else’s expense appear to be increasingly popular rhetoric among a growing segment of the population. It’s easy to see why, but the world doesn’t work that way.

In other primary election contests in U.S. House districts across the country, Democratic socialists have been knocking off liberal Democratic incumbents. These are solid Democratic districts, so they — think Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — will be going to Washington, D.C.

This party’s unsettling transition is setting the stage for big changes in the Democratic Party and, potentially, for the nation, none of them good for either entity.

At the beginning of the year — with President Donald Trump’s approval ratings in steady decline — it was conventional wisdom that Democrats would take control of Congress in November and spend the next two years pursuing, among other things, the president’s impeachment.

Then, with the war in Iran further testing Trump’s support, a Democratic win in November became even more certain.

But dramatic events can change things, and the growing dominance of the Democratic Party by Democratic socialist candidates is a phenomenon that could be a game-changer.

Stated simply, traditional Democrats are having an terrible time maintaining control in the face of an increasingly successful Democratic socialist movement.

The radicalism of which the socialists brag undermines the party’s potential short-term success vis a vis November and poses a long-term threat to party viability.

These are candidates who have said they want to reorganize the three branches of the federal government — legislative, executive and judicial — eliminate borders, close prisons and eviscerate defense spending. And that’s just the beginning of their curious recipe for utopia. Although ridiculous, it is no joke.

On Tuesday, a hardcore leftist Democrat won the party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate in Michigan. The move was a shock to party establishmentarians that further entrenches the socialists into the national Democratic organization.

Abdul El-Sayed may have just barely eked out his victory, but a win is a win is a win.

He’s the Democrats’ candidate in November. Running as an outlier in a traditional Midwestern state won’t be easy, especially given his impressive GOP opponent, Mike Rogers.

While El-Sayed was having his way in Michigan, another Democratic socialist, Francesca Hong, is the leading Democratic candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in Wisconsin’s primary.

One thing the Democratic socialists deserve credit for is their candor. They’re not pretending to be anything other than what they are.

That’s why if Hong becomes her party’s nominee, it will be interesting to hear her describe her contempt for the Thanksgiving holiday and why she thinks it should be canceled.

Hong also can explain why, as she has revealed, she’s feels uncomfortable among Whites, the same people whose votes she is seeking.

Will these two candidates be long shots in a general election? One would think so.

But Republicans had best not count their chickens before they’re hatched.

The Democratic socialist promises of everything for everyone at someone else’s expense appear to be increasingly popular rhetoric among a growing segment of the population. It’s easy to see why, but the world doesn’t work that way.

In other primary election contests in U.S. House districts across the country, Democratic socialists have been knocking off liberal Democratic incumbents. These are solid Democratic districts, so they — think Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — will be going to Washington, D.C.

This party’s unsettling transition is setting the stage for big changes in the Democratic Party and, potentially, for the nation, none of them good for either entity.

The News-Gazette Editorial Board