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If not Nancy, then who?
Tim Ryan vs Paul Ryan?
Seriously, I think they should go with somebody reasonably young, 40s or early 50s. How about Tim Ryan? He ran against Pelosi two years ago two, is 45 years old (33 years younger than Pelosi) and hails from the Midwest, a region where Dems have struggled recently, enabling the Trump victory.
I think it would be a mistake to try to out-Trump Trump.
I do think that we need new blood. The dems need charismatic younger leaders who can street fight and bulls shit as well as Trump. No more policy wonks...
Going with Pelosi would be a major blunder.
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Maxine Waters
She just won re-election by a 50% margin over her Republican rival.
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Maxine Waters
She just won re-election by a 50% margin over her Republican rival.
Good point!
Better "image" for the party, too.
Going with Pelosi would be a major blunder.
Pelosi it is then.
I do think that we need new blood. The dems need charismatic younger leaders who can street fight and bulls shit as well as Trump. No more policy wonks...
She is a pragmatist who knows how washington works. Trump is incompetent at getting what he wants passed. What were the Republician major legislative achievements of the last two years? A tax bill? That's about it. They couldn't even manage to repeal Obamacare, something which they had harped on repeatedly for 6 years. She got way more passed with the Democratic majority under Obama than Paul Ryan and they Republician majority under Trump did. It's why the Republicians loathe her so much.
I adore Maxine, but she is 80.
Anyone
1. Not too old
2. Smart(quick)
3. Sane
4. Hailing from a fairly safe district representatively.
5. Hailing from a district that won't/can't be redistricted/gerrymandered away from them.
Really. They could be brand new and completely unknown on the national stage, but if they meet these criteria, I would be happy.