DETROIT – It is rare to find a bartender who knows how to make a good Vuex Carre, but Emily, at Le Supreme Brasserie, knocked it out of the park.She grew up in the suburbs, but loves living her 20s downtown, and the revitalization of the Motor City she enjoys may be a problem for far-left senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.A bit later, on Sunday night, I met Nick, 29, who grew up in Detroit and now works in advertising in Chicago.
He marvels at the changes he has seen in his hometown."It’s so different now, a bunch of these places didn’t even exist a few years ago," he said.DEMOCRATS' CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWNI heard it over and over again, and I could see it, as well.Along Washington and Woodward, the shops were buzzing, and even the heavy smoke from Canada couldn’t keep people from strolling the thoroughfares and valleys in the grand, sturdy Midwestern brick castle of downtown.Not far away, earlier in the day, I had met Sean who was walking his attractive dog, and who moved to Detroit in 2019 from Philly.
He lives in one of the fancier downtown buildings and loves his adopted hometown, and the lifestyle in the city."It’s easy going," he told me."There is a lot to do.
It’s great."SWING-STATE POLL SPELLS TROUBLE FOR FAR LEFT AS SCHUMER-BACKED CANDIDATE DOMINATES WITH CRITICAL VOTING BLOCSSean is a committed Democrat who hates President Donald Trump."All that matters is that we elect a Democrat," he said."R or D, that’s all it comes down to, which is a shame, but it's how things are."For Sean, the top priority in the Aug.
4 Democratic Senate primary between Abdul El-Sayed and Rep.Haley Stevens is electability.
That is not great news for El-Sayed, who has been pushing back against the idea that he is too radical to get elected in purple Michigan.DAVID MARCUS: SOCIALISM AND EL-SAYED RUN INTO HARSH REALITY IN BLUE-COLLAR MICHIGANHe has reason to be concerned, as I learned from Jame...