aggiehawg said:
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I disagree. I've seen no indications of the DNC moving back towards the sanity and political savvyness of the "old guard" aka the old mainstream establishment Democratic Party leaders: Bill Clinton, HRC, Kerry, Biden, Pelosi, James Carville, Steny Hoyer, Clyburn, Schumer, Durbin...they're all 80+ except HRC who is 78 & Schumer who is 75. The generation of Dem Party leaders who are replacing that previous one are not nearly as astute at politics.
Surprisingly, I agree with you. If Pelosi, as Speaker, wasn't powerful enough to rein the loonies in, who could?
I think Pelosi and Hoyer did an excellent job of running their side of the House and getting stuff done and controlling the House Dems. Even the Rs of their era all agreed on that. What Pelosi and Steny failed at (imo) is recruiting and preparing younger centrist D's to step into their shoes. The DNC badly needs a reboot. But for that to happen, the DNC is going to have go through some pain.
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I'm not seeing anyone in the Dem Party, as you said the next generation of leaders, who could bring that party back to more centrist positions.
There are some talented centrist Dems in the pipeline who are capable of doing it, but they are young and still gaining experience in state govmt offices. Maybe they will be ready in 5 or 6 years to step in and take over the national party reins about the time the ruins of the unfolding AOC - Mamdani - Hakeem Jeffries trainwreck are done smoldering. We'll have to wait and see.
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And neither does noted Dem advisor Dan Turentine. His prediction is 2032 is the drop dead election for the Dem Party.
I think he is wrong. These things go in cycles. There are cataclysmic changes coming to America in the 2030s. How those changes will transform the political landscape by 2036 is anybody's guess.