Who is the leader of the democratic party?

[XemaSab]

I don't mean the leader of the DNC, I mean the leader of the party.

To illustrate, GW is clearly the leader of the republican party right now. Ol' Ronnie was the leader of the party for years. Maybe after the election GW will no longer be the leader of the party, and it will transfer to McCain.

So who is our leader? Clinton? Carter? Gore? Kerry? Dean? Edwards? Hillary? Obama? Or someone else? :shrug:

[acrosstheuniverse]

1. We are trying to decide between Obama and Hillary right now...

but I have another o/t question. How do you access pages of threads from this site back to 2004?

[XemaSab]

4. Try google

or the advanced search. :shrug:

[Barack_America]

2. We are.

At least, isn't that how it's supposed to be?

[helderheid]

3. ME! ME! ME! ME!

[TahitiNut]

21. OK. You got it.

Sucker. :silly:

[anonymous171]

5. One person on her today said that the Clintons were "The Democratic Party" itself.

I'm not really sure what they meant by that though. :shrug:

[XemaSab]

11. That actually sort of prompted this post

I was thinking that part of the insult of this election is that not only would Hillary not be the president, but the Clintons would no longer be the party leaders.

[frazzled]

6. Sinbad!

I don't think we need a leader. We are not children.

[Joe the Revelator]

7. Kerry or Gore

The last two nominees should be the leaders of the party

[DJ13]

8. The Democratic Party is structured like the old Politburo in Russia

Many important people, few real leaders.

Thats what makes the super delegates so powerful this year.

[better tomorrow]

9. Bart Simpson?

[babylonsister]

10. No one. And I question whether GW is a leader; I think he's being

told what to say, and does it badly. Pinocchio?

[housewolf]

Today? Bill Clinton

He's the most powerful person in the party.

[mtnsnake]

13. I agree. n/t

[anigbrowl]

12. Gore is the king in exile. I believe he will pass his mantle to Obama at the convention.

[flowomo]

14. collectively, the people voting in the next primary....

and we Pennsylvanians are taking the responsibility seriously.

[JohnnyLib2]

15. To be determined.

Let's hope.

[JVS]

16. Because we don't have a General Secretary, technically nobody. Acting presidents usually get...

deference, as are nominees. Former presidents is a sticky issue. Traditionally former presidents have tried not to be actively involved in the selection of candidates beyond their own VP.

[jwirr]

17. I told my daughter how we are fighting here on DU over the candidates

and she said "That is okay, Mom, we are Democrats." I think that may explain why we do not have any one leader.

[Muttocracy]

18. I think the fact there's no obvious answer is why things are so divided right now

There was no clear favorite a year ago (Clinton had name recognition and fundraising power but already had high negatives). Things are still divided.

While this has always been a 2-party country, the 2 parties have changed names, swapped policies, been replaced, etc. We may be seeing this change right now.

[Dr.Phool]

19. I am!

And Lewis Black is my vice-leader. You gotta have a cranky guy in charge, when you're out drinking.

[SunsetDreams]

20. We are!

Nancy Pelosi is the highest ranking Dem.

[goletian]

22. obamas been getting the most attention and he is the new face of the dem party - nt