Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein A wave, it would seem, is already crashing. And it’s not respecting seniority or party lines. The upset of the year belongs to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a first-time candidate who, at 28, just beat the No. 4 Democrat in the House. Consider: Rep. Joe Crowley, 56, is a generation younger than Nancy Pelosi and her top two lieutenants. The would-be future House speaker lost to someone half his age, someone who raised $300,000 to Crowley’s more than $3 million – and someone who spent one of the final, precious campaign days traveling to an immigrant detention center near El Paso. Ocasio-Cortez represents generational and demographic change and tapped into the progressive energy that’s made itself known before in Democratic politics. She’s set to become the youngest woman ever elected to the House – unless another even-younger woman wins this year, too. After the superlatives are tallied and Republicans crow about an incumbent Democrat going down, the message to office-holders across the ideological spectrum will be the same: incumbents beware. The forces blowing through the political landscape will not be easy to corral. The RUNDOWN with John Verhovek While the hand-wringing from the Democratic leadership over the surprise upset of Joe Crowley will continue for days, it's worth pausing to recognize both the historic victories won by the progressive wing of the party Tuesday night and the palpable anger and dissatisfaction tha... Link to the full article to read more