1/8/20 in New Jersey

What by the many arms of Vishnu is this fresh hell?:

The wife of former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (son of Ted) has jumped into the Democrat primary for the 2nd district in New Jersey. If that district sounds familiar, it is because it was in the news a lot at the end of 2019. Rep. Jeff Van Drew currently represents the district. He switched from the Democrat Party to the GOP in December.

Patrick Kennedy spent most of his career drunk, just like his father, Ted.  Young Patrick seems to have cleaned himself up. He hasn't left any women to drown in an overturned Buick, anyway.

You're goddamn right we're being mean and snarky.

At least Mrs. Kennedy seeks to represent an area from which she actually hails*, unlike her husband's uncle, Bobby, who carpet bagged from Massachusetts to Washington DC to New York. That was the only Republican vote our Kentucky born grandmother ever cast.

As mentioned previously, NJ02 is Trump country. Mrs. Kennedy could win in a year that favors Democrats, say 1986 or 2006. This year does not favor Democrats.

*Like our own Tom Malinowski.