David Crowley this week gets out of the race.
Now we're down to five.
Zac, is it still crowded
or is this race shifted to you in a meaningful way?
I think there's clearly a progressive lane.
There's clearly a more establishment center,
government lane.
And then there's a question of
if there's room in between for any of the rest of them
to kind of stake their own area, or if they're competing
for those two groups, clearly, is this sense.
As the two candidates have dropped out
that have now endorsed Sara Rodriguez,
that there is an establishment going on
and that fits this national theme that we're
seeing of establishment Dems worrying about progressive Dems
potentially undermining chances to win seats in November
versus progressives who are saying,
no, we are the ones that are going to win
these primaries and win in November.
Get behind us as we keep going forward.
Yeah, I think I sort of hit the nail on the head
with the establishment versus progressive
in one way that we're seeing.
That is when these candidates are dropping out,
that they are endorsing other candidates.
There's a world in which you drop out and you say,
I love my party, and all I want is for a Democrat to win.
And David Crowley did that kind of initial
in his original announcement, like he was stepping down.
He didn't immediately endorse anyone.
He said the most important thing
is just that somebody beats Tom Tiffany in the fall.
And then this morning came out and endorsed Sara Rodriguez.
So I think that's a sign that people are kind of
choosing teams and trying to say,
who do I think
is the best, ability for Democrats to win in November?
Is it the sort of Hong progressive lane?
Is it the Rodriguez more sort of establishment lane?