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[quote=jsteele][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]This is DC. The democratic primary is the only election that counts, it has been that way for the 30+ years I have lived here, and I don't see that changing. I'll vote for Catania, as Bowser has the likability of a mule, but that doesn't mean Catania has the slightest chance in hell.[/quote]

You would think that it would be impossible for David Catania to get more votes than Muriel Bowser, right? Totally impossible. Not imaginable. In the April 1 primary, Bowser received 42,045 votes. In 2010 when Catania ran for re-election for his At-Large seat, he received 57,163. So, look at that, the impossible has already happened. In September of 2010, in the Democratic primary, Phil Mendelson defeated a black Democrat named Michael Brown. That's also impossible because white candidates can't beat black Democrats in Washington, DC.

In fact, the Mendelson/Brown race may be the most interesting in what it says about Catania/Bowser. DC's black voters will absolutely choose a white candidate with a respectable track record over a black candidate of questionable competence.

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I made a huge error here. The Michael Brown in question was white. In my defense, Michael Brown tried to confuse voters about which Michael Brown he was (earning the nickname "Whte Mike" from Tommy Wells"). But, my point stands because Mendelson defeated A. Scott Bolden -- a black Democrat -- in the 2006 primary.

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