Let’s Set The Record Straight
by digby
Jane Harmon routinely denies ever saying that she was the best Republican in the Democratic Party.
Despite Harman’s reticence, a few strategic imperatives could be gleaned from her Wednesday appearance. She took great pains, for example, to appeal to non-Democrats in her speech, a trait that will be important if she is to win the Democratic nomination in the open June primary, in which members of any party can vote for any candidate. Twice, she boasted of her appeal to Republicans, whom she has had to court in her South Bay district.
“I just want to say how flattered I was in the last election to be introduced as the best Republican in the Democratic Party,” she told several hundred civic leaders at the downtown Los Angeles meeting. “I accept.”
She said this over a decade ago, to be sure. She said it during the Republican party’s impeachment crusade as a matter of fact. And she proved she meant it when she accepted their accolade many time since then.
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