Currently there is only one official candidate: Nancy. But, a long list of others are vying to join the fray. Election is in the first week of the new year. So, who will challenge Nance?
Currently there is only one official candidate: Nancy. But, a long list of others are vying to join the fray. Election is in the first week of the new year. So, who will challenge Nance?
After a personal meeting the other day with Pelosi, from her statements Fudge appears to be acquiescing and falling in line with her (Pelosi). Obviously, I must emphasize "appears".As current minority leader, and therefore due to House tradition, there will be no candidates who 'officially' step forward against Pelosi until after the first round House floor vote.
The timeline is that next week or shortly thereafter the House Democratic caucus will vote to endorse someone. That will be Pelosi with near 100% chance. Then in January, there will be the floor vote. Pelosi will be the sole candidate on the Democratic side on the first round. If she wins, she wins. If she doesn't, that's when all other candidates will officially announce and Pelsoi's bid will come to a screeching, flaming wreck.
There's been a ton of candidates named meanwhile. For example Marcia Fudge. However none of these candidates will publicly admit that they are interested.
After a personal meeting the other day with Pelosi, from her statements Fudge appears to be acquiescing and falling in line with her (Pelosi). Obviously, I must emphasize "appears".
Exactly! :thumbs:Who the hell is Marsha Fudge? And what has she done to deserve to be speaker?
I agree 100%.I won't hazard here who else may vie for the role.
My own assessment of Ms. Pelosi's skills and accomplishments as the manager of House proceedings, however, suggest to me that she is far and away the best person for the job. I think now is the wrong time to emplace as Speaker an operational novice. Pelosi may not be the only person who can with aplomb do the job, but she or one of the other "old hats" are best suited to "face off" against McConnell, who's as methodically adept as anyone can be and Trump who's procedurally ignorant.
That said, I think the House and Dems would be well served by having a mix of considerably younger/newer, but also willing and able to take direction, persons and "old hands" installed in the "heir apparent" House leadership roles. It is time for Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, et al to commence the knowledge transfer process and doing so in a smoothly organized manner now, as opposed to when Dems hold even more formal power, is a far better approach than the alternative. There's too much to lose now by having an inexperienced Speaker (as we saw from the prior two Speakers' tenures), and there's too much too lose later by not now grooming "new blood" to take the reigns then.
As current minority leader, and therefore due to House tradition, there will be no candidates who 'officially' step forward against Pelosi until after the first round House floor vote.
The timeline is that next week or shortly thereafter the House Democratic caucus will vote to endorse someone. That will be Pelosi with near 100% chance. Then in January, there will be the floor vote. Pelosi will be the sole candidate on the Democratic side on the first round. If she wins, she wins. If she doesn't, that's when all other candidates will officially announce and Pelsoi's bid will come to a screeching, flaming wreck.
There's been a ton of candidates named meanwhile. For example Marcia Fudge. However none of these candidates will publicly admit that they are interested.
I won't hazard here who else may vie for the role.
My own assessment of Ms. Pelosi's skills and accomplishments as the manager of House proceedings, however, suggest to me that she is far and away the best person for the job. I think now is the wrong time to emplace as Speaker an operational novice. Pelosi may not be the only person who can with aplomb do the job, but she or one of the other "old hats" are best suited to "face off" against McConnell, who's as methodically adept as anyone can be and Trump who's procedurally ignorant.
That said, I think the House and Dems would be well served by having a mix of considerably younger/newer, but also willing and able to take direction, persons and "old hands" installed in the "heir apparent" House leadership roles. It is time for Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, et al to commence the knowledge transfer process and doing so in a smoothly organized manner now, as opposed to when Dems hold even more formal power, is a far better approach than the alternative. There's too much to lose now by having an inexperienced Speaker (as we saw from the prior two Speakers' tenures), and there's too much too lose later by not now grooming "new blood" to take the reigns then.
Currently there is only one official candidate: Nancy. But, a long list of others are vying to join the fray. Election is in the first week of the new year. So, who will challenge Nance?
Currently there is only one official candidate: Nancy. But, a long list of others are vying to join the fray. Election is in the first week of the new year. So, who will challenge Nance?
Currently there is only one official candidate: Nancy. But, a long list of others are vying to join the fray. Election is in the first week of the new year. So, who will challenge Nance?
I also think the Dems are going to be rock-solidly united as a voting bloc, unlike the chaotic mess that Boehner had to deal with in his Freedom Caucus. The Dems see what unity got just them, they absolutely abhor Trump and the Trump GOP, and I think they're going to play hard together - as a unified group.
Unity is relatively easy when you're in the minority. Just look at how every Republican voted against Obamacare. It gets much harder when you're in the majority and the people who elected you expect you to accomplish something. But what? Democrats who won in districts that lean Republican will naturally have a different agenda from Democrats in solid blue districts. Reversing corporate tax cuts, Medicare for all, abolishing ICE,and even gun control are going to create conflicts in the party. Pelosi is the best qualified to bridge those conflicts and get legislation passed but some of these new congressmen are already calculating that legislation is going to be hard. It would be a lot easier for these new Congressmen to go back to their districts in 2 years and say that they had one big accomplishment - they voted Pelosi out of the leadership.
Currently there is only one official candidate: Nancy. But, a long list of others are vying to join the fray. Election is in the first week of the new year. So, who will challenge Nance?
I'd like to see Maxine Waters as Speaker.
But that's mainly because Trump doesn't like her.
I'm not happy with many of the democrats who have been in office long-term.
I personally would prefer a different house speaker come January, because I don't think the more establishment democrats are willing to push hard enough.
But I have no ****ing idea who will challenge her taking that position.
The times (Trump in office) dictate a seasoned person in this role. We already have enough people in Washington that have no clue about the job they are in. We don't need the added instability of a new speaker.
It fascinates me to see liberals discussing the merits of various potential contenders when most other times the decision appears to be based primarily on the "need" to promote a certain demographic.
�� I don't believe there is such a thing "most qualified." Never have. Or said another way, "There are multiple ways to skin a cat."It fascinates me to see liberals discussing the merits of various potential contenders when most other times the decision appears to be based primarily on the "need" to promote a certain demographic. I figure that when it gets time to vote the top contender will be a gender neutral person of color with solid agnostic credentials.
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