BLUE WAVE? Democrats Still Struggling for Party Unity in Colorado ‘Toss Up’ District.

“One thing I’ve said in the past: I don’t really believe in the Republican concept of ‘trickle down’ economics,” [Democratic candidate Levi ] Tillemann told the Washington Free Beacon in a recent phone interview. “But it doesn’t work in the political system either. We don’t want to be in a country where political parties are practicing ‘trickle down’ politics, where they give all the money and the resources to people who they perceive to be at the top and try to shut people out of the conversation.”

Tillemann upset the normal order last January when he blasted the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and accused House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of telling him he should drop out of the race earlier this year so the party could unify behind former Army Ranger Jason Crow.

Intra-party fighting such as this worried Democrats in the early campaign months of 2017, when they hoped to defeat incumbent Republican Mike Coffman and flip the most competitive district in a purple state.

Democrats rigged the primaries for Hillary Clinton in 2016, but that didn’t quite work out as planned.