Yeah, that campaign has no chance, and that's probably a good thing considering the accusations against him. Pelosi will almost definitely retire next time anyway as she's promised to give up the leadership in 2022, and departing speakers/minority leaders almost never stay in Congress after they give up the leadership. In my view, the fa…
Yeah, that campaign has no chance, and that's probably a good thing considering the accusations against him. Pelosi will almost definitely retire next time anyway as she's promised to give up the leadership in 2022, and departing speakers/minority leaders almost never stay in Congress after they give up the leadership. In my view, the far more important priorities for progressives in Congress are a) coalescing behind a leadership candidate for 2022 so the next Democratic leader isn't Hakeem Jeffries, and b) coalescing behind a left-wing/socialist candidate in San Francisco who can make it out of the inevitable 30-person primary that's going to happen when Pelosi retires.
Yeah, I thought of Shahid's run originally as an audition for a free for all primary where everyone on the SF city council, the state reps and senators, and liberal tech bros will all be running for the seat. Shahid would have name recognition and a deep fundraising apparatus to be able to rise above a lot of politicians with limited name recognition. Unfortunately it's clear he has treated people in his campaign (especially women) terribly, and is not the insurgent left challenger needed down the road when Pelosi retires. I hope there are others who have seen the amount of attention and small dollar donors Shahid received this cycle, and are planning to run a leftist, grassroots campaign the next cycle knowing that it is in fact possible. The citadel Democratic districts, the kind of places held by Dellums where being a socialist isn't just doable from an electoral perspective but the voting base enthusiastically supports, need to have better people than neoliberals who are stuck in past ways of doing politics that have never really existed.
It would be really great to see a solid push for a jump past seniority/next-in-line like Grijalva pushed on Natural Resources a few years back to leapfrog to the chairmanship. If they can get enough outside advocacy and whip the votes, there's a real chance in the House to shepherd in leadership prepared for the moment we live in as opposed to, uh, Hakeem Jeffries...
Yeah, that campaign has no chance, and that's probably a good thing considering the accusations against him. Pelosi will almost definitely retire next time anyway as she's promised to give up the leadership in 2022, and departing speakers/minority leaders almost never stay in Congress after they give up the leadership. In my view, the far more important priorities for progressives in Congress are a) coalescing behind a leadership candidate for 2022 so the next Democratic leader isn't Hakeem Jeffries, and b) coalescing behind a left-wing/socialist candidate in San Francisco who can make it out of the inevitable 30-person primary that's going to happen when Pelosi retires.
Yeah, I thought of Shahid's run originally as an audition for a free for all primary where everyone on the SF city council, the state reps and senators, and liberal tech bros will all be running for the seat. Shahid would have name recognition and a deep fundraising apparatus to be able to rise above a lot of politicians with limited name recognition. Unfortunately it's clear he has treated people in his campaign (especially women) terribly, and is not the insurgent left challenger needed down the road when Pelosi retires. I hope there are others who have seen the amount of attention and small dollar donors Shahid received this cycle, and are planning to run a leftist, grassroots campaign the next cycle knowing that it is in fact possible. The citadel Democratic districts, the kind of places held by Dellums where being a socialist isn't just doable from an electoral perspective but the voting base enthusiastically supports, need to have better people than neoliberals who are stuck in past ways of doing politics that have never really existed.
It would be really great to see a solid push for a jump past seniority/next-in-line like Grijalva pushed on Natural Resources a few years back to leapfrog to the chairmanship. If they can get enough outside advocacy and whip the votes, there's a real chance in the House to shepherd in leadership prepared for the moment we live in as opposed to, uh, Hakeem Jeffries...