Democratic big-shot congressman Joe Crowley lost a primary to upstart Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York, and there are 10 million places to read analysis about it from people who are just guessing.
But…
Can we please let this aspect of last night catch on? Politicians should always concede by playing Springsteen.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins