07-08-2019, 08:45 PM
(07-08-2019, 08:26 PM)6andcounting Wrote: I think a lot of these newbies are taking what they said to their district that got them elected and saying it to the nation. You can't blame them, because it literally worked for them, but those same things don't get you elected in other districts and don't get you election in a general national election. Pelosi knows what paths will win the Dems the WH in 2020 - the question is can they execute on it. Right now the majority of their party doesn't seem to be on that path.
This is the most salient takeaway from the current situation. Far left Dems from utterly safe districts don't appear to comprehend the need for a more moderate approach in most of the country. The freshman class has gotten way too much attention way to quickly and appear to have a very overrated opinion of their abilities and place in Congress. It won't take much to swing the House right back to the GOP and several of the freshman class seem to be working their hardest to achieve this.
