• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Democrats need to be doing something interesting here, not boring everyone with more and more unanimous votes for Jeffries.

    But they won’t because he’s Pelosi’s designated replacement and party leadership doesn’t want the public to consider that better alternatives might exist.

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      1 year ago

      Not at all a problem: let Jeffries announce the plan. Spin it however he wants. He’s still the minority leader, and if there is a partisan, Democratic majority, he will become the speaker in the next session.

      In the meantime, recognizing that the Democrats are able to lead even without a mathematical majority is a major win.

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        1 year ago

        and if there is a partisan, Democratic majority, he will become the speaker in the next session.

        So, announce that primaries are meaningless? I mean, progressives have always suspected it, but…

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          1 year ago

          I mean, my progressive congress critter got in by winning an upset primary. There not meaningless, just hard.