Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is facing a potentially serious challenge to his hold on power as momentum builds behind Chris Van Hollen, with the Maryland senator now reportedly open to a run for majority leader.
A movement to draft Van Hollen to challenge Schumer is gaining steam, according to Politico Playbook, which reported Monday that two people close to the effort said it was underway.
A person familiar with Van Hollen’s thinking told the outlet that the senator has “received an outpouring of calls and is now in active listening mode.”
The reality of the US political system is that the only way to move left in America is via the Primaries. Until there’s another Tea Party to break up the right vote, the only way to keep the status quo or move the window is to primary in DSA candidates and break the hold of the apparatchik in the Democrat establishment.
Yes - but I’ll also add that the left can be much more effective in electoral power by refusing the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” nonsense. Openly and proudly state that we can and will make the Democrats lose power if they cross us.
Not only is this what the right wing of the GOP does (successfully), it’s what the right wing of the Democratic Party does, and how they’ve held power for 40 years.