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Home Front: Politix

Dem Leadership Keeps Calm, Slithers On

2020-11-19

[Hot Air] At first I worried about Republican prospects for the upcoming midterms. Surely, thought I, Democrats would learn a hard lesson on the cheap in 2020. They already have begun discussing how they managed to lose ground everywhere else while winning the presidential election, hinting that their progressive leadership had marched them into a cul-de-sac.

And then I read about today’s leadership elections in the House Democratic caucus. Hope restored!

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her top lieutenants — Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) — are all running uncontested, setting the stage for the same power lineup to return for another term after 14 years together at the helm.

Over in the Senate, it's looking like more of the same, although Chuck Schumer's at least a bit more humble about it. The once and future Senate Minority Leader has held two "listening sessions" with his caucus to allow them to vent about what went wrong in 2020, but no one's challenging him either:

Schumer has largely stayed quiet on the calls, giving his colleagues a chance to speak freely without interruption, Democratic senators say.

No one criticized Schumer's leadership directly but there were some comments that were viewed as indirect criticisms of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Democratic senators said Schumer has done a good job maintaining relations within the Democratic caucus and keeping the party unified on key votes. Lawmakers said no colleague has offered himself or herself as a leadership alternative.

Not even when decisions like this are laid at Schumer's doorstep?

In particular, there's some second-guessing of the DSCC's decision to back Amy McGrath, a former Marine Corps fighter pilot, to take on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who wound up winning re-election by 20 percentage points, even after McGrath raised $90 million for her campaign.

Basically, Democrats in the House and Senate are incentivizing failure by allowing their barnacle-encrusted progressive leadership to escape any accountability whatsoever. That makes me very hopeful for the 2022 elections, especially after voters get a load of the barnacle-encrusted president they just elected.

Posted by:Bobby

#3 Kakocracy

Posted by: Floluck McCoy2714 2020-11-19 19:01

#2 It's a shame when the singular, common distinguishing features of such politicians is their mediocrity, corruption, and venality.

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-11-19 18:23

#1 In the mean time get AOC and posse hooked up with all the republicans in congress and vote Pelosi out.

Posted by: BrerRabbit 2020-11-19 16:30

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