And deserves far more negative press than he gets. The only honorable thing to do is to boycott this travesty of an election. Then, if you care about the Democratic Party, and democracy, start rallying your friends, studying the system's rules and procedures, and start plotting to take it back. The only sane, fair, and honorable way of choosing convention delegates is to have a state-sponsored open primary for both parties, the same day, so people can only vote in one or the other. This is ridiculous, and assumes humans think the way party hacks do.
Most voters switch back and forth depending on the candidates and issues.
Currently, state Sen. Virgil Smith, Mike Duggan, the man who does most of Ed McNamara's job, and George Ward, O'Hair's able deputy, are all running in the August Democratic primary, the only election that matters. Demographics indicate that this lineup means certain victory for Smith, who ran the last two times against O'Hair, getting 49 percent once. But the wily Duggan isn't known for suicidal tendencies. Jack Lessenberry opines weekly for the Metro Times.