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.”
So stick with the status quo centrists because thats such a winning thing, is what you are saying eh habitualcynic.
So bold. Because centrism was winning so hard, right.
Vote for progressive candidates in the Dem primary. Help them win, and you don’t have to vote for centrist fucks. But if the progressives doesn’t win, vote the dem anyway because it’s less damaging.
Precisely. They either don’t understand strategy or they are Russian trolls supporting the fascists.
You’ve been running that strategy for 40 years.
It doesn’t work.
The reason is easy enough to understand, once you realize that in a 2-party system, the most marginal voter determines policy.
So when they take your advice, the left becomes captive, and suddenly has no leverage over any politician. Meanwhile, the mythical moderate Republican (all 20 of them) becomes the battleground for the election.
This, of course, ignores the effect that this centrist nonsense has on turnout, as shown in 2024, but since non-votes aren’t counted, it doesn’t enter the electoral math. Which is why you saw Harris swing to the right with Liz Cheney. How’d that work out?
So vote in the Democratic primaries. And if you lose, vote 3rd party to register your disgust.
Do you care more about personal strategy or the well being of an entire nation? Long term thinking prevents democratic votes more than anything.