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NYCButterfinger

(755 posts) Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:29 PM Aug 2015

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Who should be the next House Democratic Leader?

Minority Leader and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been the Democratic Leader of the House since 2003, replacing Richard Gephardt who stepped down to run for president in 2004, which was unsuccessful. Pelosi, 75, is one of the longest serving Democratic Party leaders in a long time. I can see Pelosi being leader until 2020, or beyond. But some believe it's time for for fresh leadership in the Democratic House Caucus. If Pelosi is not Speaker in 2016 or 2018, who should be the next Democratic Leader?

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Who should be the next House Democratic Leader? (Original Post) NYCButterfinger Aug 2015 OP

No one until we take back the House leftofcool Aug 2015 #1

um, we get to have a leader truebluegreen Aug 2015 #5

Raul Grijalva LonePirate Aug 2015 #2

Judy Chu, D-Calif., Keith Ellison, D-Minn., or Donna Edwards, D-Md. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2015 #3

Jan Schakowsky LuvLoogie Aug 2015 #4

Nancy Pelosi. Did Dems dump Tip O'Neill or Sam Rayburn? She is highly skilled at the job. Hekate Aug 2015 #6

Have to say, she doesn't look her age at all MiniMe Aug 2015 #7

Becerra would be a good choice Recursion Aug 2015 #8

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)

1. No one until we take back the House

Reply to NYCButterfinger (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:40 PM

Aug 2015

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

5. um, we get to have a leader

Reply to leftofcool (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 10:30 PM

Aug 2015

even though said leader is not Speaker.

LonePirate

(13,426 posts)

2. Raul Grijalva

Reply to NYCButterfinger (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:40 PM

Aug 2015

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

3. Judy Chu, D-Calif., Keith Ellison, D-Minn., or Donna Edwards, D-Md.

Reply to NYCButterfinger (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:44 PM

Aug 2015

Of course, we don't have any say.

LuvLoogie

(7,012 posts)

4. Jan Schakowsky

Reply to NYCButterfinger (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 09:04 PM

Aug 2015

http://schakowsky.house.gov/

&feature=youtu.be

http://www.c-span.org/video/?296880-7/representative-jan-schakowsky-debt-commission-vote

Hekate

(90,714 posts)

6. Nancy Pelosi. Did Dems dump Tip O'Neill or Sam Rayburn? She is highly skilled at the job.

Reply to NYCButterfinger (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 10:51 PM

Aug 2015

She can count the votes, which means she can tell leadership if a bill will or will not pass, and she can bring in votes that can be brought in.

MiniMe

(21,717 posts)

7. Have to say, she doesn't look her age at all

Reply to NYCButterfinger (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:10 AM

Aug 2015

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

8. Becerra would be a good choice

Reply to NYCButterfinger (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:37 AM

Aug 2015

He's handled the caucus chairmanship fairly well

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