Corey Booker, Kamala Harris, and Kirsten Gillibrand are clearly the future leaders of this party

[La Lioness Priyanka]

I don't mean ONLY, i just mean it's very clear that they are.

Two weeks ago there was a twitter war against Gillibrand, this week it's Corey, i'm sure shortly it will be Kamala.

We should remain very vigilant against these assaults on the future leaders of our party. The stronger their star shines, the more the fake news and propaganda attacks against them will be.

[Thinkingabout]

1. I could agree with these names as leaders.

[MyNameIsKhan]

2. Kirsten and Kamala for 2020 ...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. harris/gillibrand 2020 is a ticket I would literally cry about

like with joy, not sorrow.

[MyNameIsKhan]

5. Yes I being Californian would not mind ... any combination is good, they both are solid

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. me either

[uponit7771]

4. +1, and some of these tweets are total lies, misrepresentation or unfair bashing were only half of..

... what the person says is presented in an OP title and then K&R'd by a lot of LPCs.

There should be a base of what dems want, I'm not going to get everything I want on equal pay, voter suppression and civil rights and economic progress but there should be a base of what we stand for and if the person stand on that base then bashing them for one or two stupid's they'll do in their life shouldn't disqualify them.

[bettyellen]

6. I'm shocked at all the "liberals" with their knives out for Dems. It's like they're brain washed.

[yardwork]

26. "It's like they're brainwashed."

[shenmue]

29. Yep

[chillfactor]

7. Do not forget the Castro Brothers....n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. i don't but they are much lower key.

I also know they are way more leaders, those three really shine though

[MyNameIsKhan]

10. Hope you have subscribed to Kamala's facebook, so great see her with her mother...

An immigrant from south India as a student and move the world in terms of traditions...

[Bucky]

52. I hate it when people say "the Castro brothers". They're each separate human beings.

There's never going to a line on an electoral ballot called "the Castro brothers". It'll be one or the other. Julian or the ugly one. They're not interchangeable... sheesh

[Amaryllis]

11. Lieu, Swallwell and Schiff are all top notch too.

[StevieM]

58. Ben Ray Lujan, a Representative from New Mexico, also has a bright future.

I could see him becoming Speaker of the House down the line.

I think that maybe Steny Hoyer will retire in 2020. Pelosi will hopefully become Speaker in 2018 or 2020. Clyburn will become majority leader, if only for two years.

Lujan, the current chair of the DCCC, could be majority whip in 2020, majority leader in 2022 and Speaker in 2024.

[NewJeffCT]

69. Love Ted Lieu as well

but, he was born in Taiwan, so is not eligible to be president or VP. Would make a great Atty General

[emulatorloo]

81. +1

[Starry Messenger]

12. Yes, the Intercept (iirc) has already tried to make a run at Kamala Harris

I won't link to their tripe, but it was the same old formula. Dig up one example that looks suspicious without any context and leave out all the other myriad ways candidate x has supported this issue.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

13. I like Kirsten and Kamala but don't know how that would play in the Red and Rust states... n/m

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. probably the same way obama played

as long as we don't have comey + russian interference again + our base is actually allowed to vote

[caraher]

20. Kirsten had success in outstate New York (much of which is almost Red State/Rust Belt territory)

She won election and re-election to Congress branded as a moderate-to-conservative Democrat

I think she has a good ear for issues that play well across the political spectrum.

[justiceischeap]

44. The thing I like about Gillibrand is what some progressives will hate about her

She has a very solid record of supporting her constituents--which means she has some blue dog tendencies. However, I'm not as opposed to blue dogs as some on the left because there are actually blue dog Dems under our tent and they deserve representation too.

She, IMO, has a very solid voting record on important progressive issues but also supports her more moderate constituents too and I don't think that's pandering from her, I think she's actually doing the job she was hired to do.

[derby378]

73. If Gillibrand supports New York's SAFE Act, she can forget about the White House

I remember a lot of the flak around her appointment was over her approval rating from the NRA. Carolyn McCarthy threatened to primary her until Chuck Schumer ran interference and brought McCarthy and the Brady Campaign into Gillibrand's office. Since then, her votes on gun legislation have changed dramatically, partially over the threat of a bruising primary.

She could have been one of the moderating voices on gun legislation in the Democratic Party, but Gillibrand developed cold feet.

[jehop61]

15. Astute observation

We need new, fresh ideas in the party

[sheshe2]

16. We have a lot of fresh faces to look at.

[democratisphere]

17. Kirsten Gillibrand is future Presidential material and I look forward to the day.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. As are the other two.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

39. No he is not. You should be better informed before spreading garbage.

[democratisphere]

45. Yes. Unfortunately he is!

Unfortunately not garbage:

http://billmoyers.com/story/reason-booker-big-pharma-dems-no-excuse/

[La Lioness Priyanka]

101. again, you are wrong

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1002&thread=9144644

[Bucky]

56. Various second tier news outlets have been running hit pieces on him for the past year

He's handsome, single, vegetarian, young, heroic, well financed, affable, and gifted with a moderate temperament (despite having the 5th most progressive voting record in the Senate). He's the one to beat for anyone angling for the 2020 slot.

So it's not surprising people are gunning for him. It's a little surprising it takes so little rumor-spreading to poison his name in some quarters of the party.

[tiredtoo]

19. Don't know much about the other two but,

Booker is a corporate Dem.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. Lol ok

[yardwork]

25. What nonsense.

[bettyellen]

27. No one can ever point to votes or overal records. They just parrot some BS....

[tiredtoo]

43. Just one example here, I can find others if needed.

Booker votes to maintain higher drug prices for Americans.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-havent-learned-cory-booker-chooses-wall_us_5879119ee4b077a19d180d45

[LanternWaste]

47. After this, therefor because of this...

After this, therefor because of this...

[bettyellen]

65. What do you know about that similar law he voted for about a week later?

Do tell. This is interesting.

[tiredtoo]

70. Have found no link to your question.

Please provide link to data. thank you.

[bettyellen]

72. Funny it comes up at the top when I google it!

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/18/other-98/viral-image-about-democratic-senators-and-big-phar/

[tiredtoo]

74. ok Politics as usual.

Voted for an amendment that failed to pass. CYA ?
Booker is an establishment politician. The same establishment that has led us (Democrats) down a path of self destruction. We are now reduced to protesting at town halls or on the streets. These actions may make for good press but they achieve nothing. The politicians continue voting in favor of the money that bought them.
And Democratic control of local, state and federal governments continues to fade into darkness.
Carry on my friends, carry on!

[JustAnotherGen]

87. And when he runs for Senate again

We will vote him right back into office - for all the reasons you pointed out. I'm a donor to Booker - I bought him.

[tiredtoo]

99. were i in his state, i too would vote for him over any republican or third party candidate

But i would prefer a candidate that better understands the wants and needs of working men and women in this country. The establishment Democratic party has drifted away from these people in their quest for money from the moneyed few.

[bettyellen]

68. Need others because he did support a better bill to lower pharma prices just a week later....

So keep going.

[tiredtoo]

71. Where is this data found? eom

[bettyellen]

75. You dismissed the better bill with larger support because "politics as usual"

Even though it destroys your RW narrative of Booker taking bribes. You're being fed a load of horse shit.

[tiredtoo]

76. Carry on bettyellen

And watch as the ship continues sinking. I do not recall saying Booker took bribes other than to say politicians vote based on what their owners want. Not Right wing at all, Republicans are even more openly owned.
Corporate America got their greedy hooks into both parties over the last 30/40 years.
If you are willing to accept the status quo, by all means carry on , carry on.

[bettyellen]

77. Your concern is noted...your smears of Dems disproven.

[emulatorloo]

82. Sadly, this is just a little preview of GDP 2020

[LovingA2andMI]

30. Exactly....

And No for Booker. Not now, not in 2020, either.

[yuiyoshida]

21. I follow Kamala Harris on twitter!

https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris

https://twitter.com/SenKamalaHarris

[George II]

23. Not surprising - those three are everything they hate and are threatening to them:

A woman
A black man
A black woman

And all three are among the top rated Progressive Senators.

[yardwork]

24. I agree with you that the attacks on these leaders are no coincidence.

The attacks are in a familiar format and in a familiar script. The purpose is clearly to divide Democratic voters so that Republicans stay in power.

Resist.

[FM123]

32. That makes sense

I remember this is exactly how the game was played (and we were played) during the election

[bettyellen]

35. It's like they sniff out young testosterone to see who they can easily outrage...

It's eerily familiar.

[LovingA2andMI]

28. Corey Booker???

Umm. NO!

Harris and Gillibrand. Possibly. But Booker, Heck No.

[bettyellen]

31. He's rated like fifth most progressive senator, so.....

You gotta hate that, of course you do.

[JCanete]

88. okay, regardless of what you think about Booker, please reconsider using that ranking to describe

him or other politicians. It is designed to define those who vote party line as progressive. That isn't an accurate assessment, even if, for the most part, it follows that trend. It concerns me that its being used as such.

[bettyellen]

91. Because the ranking is based on a multitude of issues instead of one?

[JCanete]

92. it isn't based upon rating the issues themselves as progressive or conservative, which itself would

be subjective but at least putting some effort in to getting to the conclusion that we are supposedly arriving at.

What is being done instead is to rank a vote as progressive IF that vote was in line with the party, and out of line with the opposing party. That means that bills that reach across the aisle and court 5, 10 or 15 republicans, when voted in favor of, are registered as progressive votes, which is utter nonsense. If you can court any Republicans, you've come to the middle or even taken a step or two over the line, in this climate.

On the other hand, if you refuse to vote with those 40 democrats and 10 conservatives, possibly because you think a huge tax cut is not in our best interest, surprisingly, your vote will register as non-progressive.

Its great data, but framing it the way this site frames it, is borderline dishonest.

[bettyellen]

93. I'm smelling sour grapes here, but whatever.

[JCanete]

94. what? Care to address what I said? nt

[bettyellen]

95. Your being absolutist about getting any republican votes- also absolutist about

Donors IIRC, to me both of those things are non-starters- not grounded in reality.

[JCanete]

96. What the fuck betty. Is this an actual litmus test of whether you are progressive, or is it

a litmus test of whether or not you vote party line? Just be honest about what the criteria actually is. You can make so many good arguments about why Booker and others are great statesemen for reaching across the aisle, but make those then. Don't use a trumped up measure to tell people he or any others are in the top 5 progressives when it comes to voting record. That is not actually what this data shows. If you care to refute that statement, I'm all ears, but you apparently have no interest in doing so.

[bettyellen]

97. It's obvious you have different criteria, so this is a waste of time.

[Quixote1818]

105. Based on which ranking because there are quite a few he doesn't show up on

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/new-report-ranks-most-liberal-most-conservative-members-of-congress

http://freebeacon.com/politics/meet-the-ten-most-liberal-senators/

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/83907-ranking-the-most-liberal-and-conservative-lawmakers

He comes in 27th here:

#74 0.24 Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
#75 0.23 Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV, 1987-2016]
#76 0.22 Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
#77 0.21 Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
#78 0.20 Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
#79 0.20 Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
#80 0.19 Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]
#81 0.18 Sen. Robert “Bob” Menéndez [D-NJ]
#82 0.17 Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
#83 0.16 Sen. Charles “Chuck” Schumer [D-NY]
#84 0.15 Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
#85 0.15 Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD, 1987-2016]
#86 0.14 Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
#87 0.14 Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
#88 0.13 Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
#89 0.12 Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
#90 0.12 Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
#91 0.11 Sen. John “Jack” Reed [D-RI]
#92 0.11 Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
#93 0.11 Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA, 1993-2016]
#94 0.08 Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
#95 0.07 Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
#96 0.06 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
#97 0.05 Sen. Alan “Al” Franken [D-MN]
#98 0.04 Sen. Edward “Ed” Markey [D-MA]
#99 0.04 Sen. Bernard “Bernie” Sanders [I-VT]
#100 0.00 Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2016/senate/ideology

[bettyellen]

106. You actually linked to The Free Beacon here? Why would you want to validate them here?

Because fuck the partisan hacks at Free Beacon very much. I'm not wasting my time with that shit.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

40. Lol ok

[hrmjustin]

33. Everybody gave Governor Paterson hell for appointing Kristen Gillibrand instead of

Caroline Kennedy but he was right.

Kristen Gillibrand is a true gem for this state and country.

Harris is hitting the ground running.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

34. Schumer picked her

[hrmjustin]

36. In the end yes.

[StevieM]

60. Don't you think Patterson deserves ultimate credit for her selection?

At the end of the day, he was the one who made the appointment. The choice was entirely his and nobody could force him to pick her if he didn't want to.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

64. Yes, but as far as I heard during the time

Schumer asked for her and Paterson selected her.


Not sure why you sound hostile but I really liked Paterson

[StevieM]

66. I'm sorry, I didn't intend it in a hostile manner, and I honestly wasn't feeling hostile at the time

I posted what I wrote.

I guess when you are on the internet it can be hard to tell exactly what a person is thinking or how they are trying to come across, since you cannot hear the person speaking or pick up a tone in their voice.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

98. No worries, I was just confused. Glad you were not feeling hostile

And we sorted it out

[StevieM]

59. Excellent point. I remember how critical people were of his decision.

I thought at the time that it made no sense. She was a member of the U.S. House, not some random person who he liked. And she was from upstate, which gave the Democrats some inroads there. It would not have been optimal to have two Democrats from the City representing us in the Senate. Upstate has to be included too, especially since all the other statewide elected Dems were from the City.

[Warren DeMontague]

38. I like all three of them.

[mcar]

41. It is quite clear what is happening

This is hate on Booker week on the internet.

[Atman]

42. I love Kirsten. Not so sure about Corey.

I did a lot of campaign work for Kirsten, and I even designed many of her frank mail pieces to her constituents. But Corey...I don't know. He's personable, he's likable, but he sure seems to cozy up to the "wrong" side of issues a bit too often for my taste. I mean...supporting Jared? What's up with that?

[emulatorloo]

78. Calling for a full investigation of Kushner is not "supporting" Kushner.

These click-bait half-truth hatchet job "articles" some folk post here are prett transparent once one digs a little deeper.

[Orsino]

46. The good news is that only one of them has decided to defend Kushner. n/t

[geek tragedy]

50. none of them defended Kushner, none.

Some Jill Stein pundits posted misleading headlines claiming one did.

[Orsino]

53. He told Dana Bash that Kushner should retain his clearance...

...until after some arbitrary amount of time or threshold of proof has passed.

That is a defense. Not a defense of Kushner's activities, exactly, but definitely a defense of Kushner retaining a security clearance.

[geek tragedy]

67. he said there should be an investigation.

calling for someone to be investigated for misdeeds is not a defense of that person

[Nevermypresident]

85. Honestly, I was surprised Corey took this position. What's to investigate?!! He was not honest

on his form...Any lower level govnt. employee would have clearance revoked immediately, period.

[Orsino]

100. And why not pull the clearance now?

If he's cleared, reinstate it. Easy.

Booker prefers risk on behalf of a donor.

[emulatorloo]

79. Dig a little deeper than the half-truth hatchet jobs that get posted on DU

Insisting on a full investigation of Kushner is not 'defending' Kusher.

[Paladin]

48. If they're not openly advocating trump's impeachment right now, they aren't leading. (nt)

[NCTraveler]

49. The deceptive smear against Booker was transparent and disgusting. nt.

[TheDebbieDee]

55. The smear wasn't transparent enough! A lot of

Left-leaners fell for it!

Once the right determines that Harris or Gillibrand or whomever has Democratic STAR-POWER, that person is pre-emptively smeared!

They smeared Sec Clinton so badly for 25 years before she ran for President that even many on the left thought she was a criminal...

[StevieM]

61. But Hillary was extremely popular as Secretary of State.

I think the biggest problem she faced was new smears, and a brand new phony scandal about her emails. It was uniquely successful, primarily because James Comey chose to involve the FBI, thereby giving the story the appearance of legitimacy.

[Bucky]

51. But which one will be THE leader? Only one way to solve this delimma...

DANCE OFF!!




v

[beachbum bob]

54. Our future is in good hands

[NurseJackie]

57. The more that the loony-fringe attacks Booker... the more convinced I am that he's our future!

[StevieM]

62. Sometimes an older person can also be a future leader. I like two people in particular.

I live Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington, who will be 69 in 2020. And I like Elizabeth Warren, who will be 71.

The people you listed are all good too.

[lapfog_1]

63. Future leaders.

Today's leaders are Warren, Frankin, Schiff.

[emulatorloo]

80. Very true.

[Nevermypresident]

83. Love Gillibrand and Harris. Is it true that Jared and Ivanka donated to Corey's

campaign?

[emulatorloo]

84. In a former life Jared was a Democrat who donated money to help Democrats

Trump used to donate to Democrats as well. Trump used to say lots of liberal things, He even publically supported single payer.

[Nevermypresident]

90. Got it. Thank you!

[JustAnotherGen]

86. You are correct LLP

Folks wouldn't be attacking them if they weren't.

[SaschaHM]

89. And just like that, the usual suspects show up to smear Booker w/ that Kushner nonsense...

[DemocraticWing]

102. If so, the Democratic Party is finished

[La Lioness Priyanka]

103. lol yes. By the way how are all the Bernie supported Democrats fairing these days?

huge wins for Mello, Feingold, Teachout, Quist!! so impressive. can hardly take so much winning.

[JHan]

104. endorsed 100%

)

[tiredtoo]

107. sorry bout opening up this thread again but

Here is a link to more data affirming my previous comment about Booker being a corporate Dem.
It basically exposes some of Booker's corporate funding and his actions based on the funding.

http://www.bluedotdaily.com/cory-booker-defends-jared-kushner-then-a-money-trail-shows-up/