John Avlon says the move is designed to make gibbs more appealing to conservative primary voters. Avlon: "It might masquerade as an attack on him, but actually it's just designed to make him more popular with the republican base" The strategy means that democrats are trying to defeat myer, despite the fact that myer was an ally in the impeachment vote, he adds.
Democrats are meddling in Republican primaries this year to an unusual degree, attempting to elevate extremist candidates who they think will be easy to defeat in midterms in the fall.
Nowhere has that strategy been more divisive than in the election for a House seat in Michigan.
Guest: Jonathan Weisman, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.
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