Leftist victory in Nebraska primary could mean Democrats will drown under their blue wave

The Democrats, which are transforming themselves into the party of Bernie Sanders, an avowed socialist, might end up drowning under their own blue wave. In Tuesday's Democratic Primary election, leftist Kara Eastman defeated a more centrist opponent, Brad Ashford.

Eastman favors single-payer health care, which of course is a euphemism for a complete government takeover of health care.

From NBC News:

Washington Democrats worry Eastman's policy stances will jeopardize the party's chances of flipping the Oamaha-area seat, which leans slightly Republican.

Ashford is a Blue Dog Democrat who backs some restrictions on abortion — Eastman strongly supports abortion rights — and who won the seat in 2014, despite that year's Republican headwind. Party officials thought he was the best candidate to win it back this year (he lost it in 2016).

But in a year when Democrats seem eager to elevate women and fresh faces, Ashford fell in what some view as Democrats' first tea party moment.

The outcome caught national operatives off guard. While they say it's too soon to tell how the result will affect their plans, it seems likely the district will tumble down their priority list, if it doesn't get removed entirely.