If Reid loses I hope Dems stop electing Senators from Red/Purple states to lead the party.

[Orlandodem]

The Republicans elect Senate leaders from very red states. They elect Congressional leaders from red districts. Stop trying to reach across the aisle! Elect someone from a dark blue state. This just gives the Reich Wing incentive to GOTV against Dem leaders.

[Toucano]

1. I'll drink to that!

:toast:

[LostInAnomie]

2. Reid was a very poor choice for Senate leader even if he came from the Bluest state.

He's a incredibly weak leader, a poor tactician, and horrible at keeping members of his party in line.

[joeybee12]

3. He was better than Daschle...n/t

[LostInAnomie]

5. That's like saying a human fart smells better than a dog fart.

They're both farts.

[Ignis]

51. !

:spray:

[rhett o rick]

20. I rate Daschle lower than the lowest Republican. May he rot in hell. nm

[JamesA1102]

4. It will be Chuck Schumer from NY

Which is a dark blue state.

[BeFree]

6. No!! Not him. Please.

[JamesA1102]

15. Most likely it will be Schumer

and he is good at getting things done.

[Warren DeMontague]

27. Schumer is no less combative or divisive than Boxer.

(Both would make a fine pick, IMHO.)

So short of some inherent geographical interest, I'm not really sure what the knee-jerk reaction was, there, on your part.

[JamesA1102]

29. I had no knee jerk reaction

I'm just stating what I've read about the race for leader.

[politicasista]

38. Yep. He is good at undermining fellow Democrats at every turn too

Just sayin'.

[sabrina 1]

44. Exactly, not a good choice. He was my Senator until I moved

He's arrogant, (met him before he was a Senator through my summer job) and totally unresponsive to constituents. I wouldn't want him for a neighbor let alone in a powerful position like that. Too much ego.

[politicasista]

48. Yikes!

Agree, too much ego and backstabbing.

[leftynyc]

30. One of my senators and I love him

I still want it to be Boxer. It's not only time for someone in a blue-er than blue state, it's time for woman.

[JamesA1102]

31. Boxer is not even in contention

It is between Durbin and Schumer with the edge given to Schumer. People here need to get out the bubble and actually read about what is going on.

[leftynyc]

32. Where is the ballot?

Your crack about the bubble is very off base. There currently is no race for leadership, Reid is still leader and there is no reason not to consider Boxer.

[JamesA1102]

34. You just proved that you're in the bubble

There have been numerous stories for months about who will succeed Reid if he loses and Boxer's name has never been mentioned.

[leftynyc]

39. I've heard all the speculation

And that's all it is - speculation. Nothing concrete and certainly nothing etched in stone.

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[Warren DeMontague]

33. Get out of the bubble? Manhattan is one giant friggin' Bubble.

There are 34 Million Californians. 10% of the US Population. If Boxer isn't in contention, she should be.

[JamesA1102]

35. But she's not

That is reality whether you like it or not.

[Warren DeMontague]

37. According to your expert testimony.

In fact, when I googled "Final Authority on Any Subject", I got "Some Dude On The Internet".

[JamesA1102]

41. Try googling Barbara Boxer for Senate Majority leader

and actually read the hits you get.

[Warren DeMontague]

43. It's ALL speculation at this point.

No matter what anyone says.

[JamesA1102]

45. But there is speculation based on fact and

speculation based on pure fanstasy. Boxer as Majority leader is pure fanstasy.

[sabrina 1]

42. I really hope not!

That would be a disaster.

[JamesA1102]

46. Then if read loses you're in for a big disappointment. nt

[sabrina 1]

49. Being disappointed in what Democrats do is nothing new.

I still hope they get some sense and do not consider Schumer for that position.

[JamesA1102]

50. Not going to happen.

Durbin may get it but the smart money is on Schumer. Of course the whole thing is moot if Reid is re-elected.

[sabrina 1]

53. The 'money' is on Schumer for sure, but I wouldn't call it smart money

I would definitely prefer Durbin or anyone, for that matter. Money should not be what determines these things, but sadly it is.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. It's more of this failed "logic" that doesn't work. We need to take a page from the GOP and stand up

strong. Take a side.

Put Barbara Boxer in charge.

[NV Whino]

9. Boxer would be a great Senate leader

Not that I'm prejudiced or anything. ;)

[FreeState]

24. +1

[JamesA1102]

16. Yeah, that really worked for Russ Feingold. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

26. Depends on the State. I'm not writing Feingold off, yet, anyway.

Nevertheless, we can pick our Senate LEADERSHIP from wherever we want, and since our party is heavily represented in populous, urban and mostly coastal liberal states, that would be a good place to start.

The GOP picks its leaders from the worst sorts of red state backwaters (Jesse Helms as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Cmte?) and no one bats so much as an eye. We've ran through some jaw-droppingly ineffective Majority and Minority leaders, like Daschle and Reid- it's time to try something else.

[JamesA1102]

36. That is an evasion. Feingold is toast.

So being uncompromising is not a formula for success at the ballot box.

[Ignis]

52. Hell yes.

:thumbsup:

[Tesha]

54. She's too much of a Democrat. (NT)

[pscot]

8. How about Al Franken?

Mitch McConnell would have to go change his shorts.

[NV Whino]

10. I would love it

But not enough seniority.

[Tatiana]

11. Durbin has seniority and has a pretty safe seat. They should vote for him as majority leader.

If not Durbin, then I'd vote for Boxer.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. OK, I'm seriously trying to sort out the OP

I totally understand wanting to elect members in line with the party platform.

But not electing reps and senators from red/purple states?

That's not strengthening your position that's conceding entire swathes of the country.

Why not ensuring those candidates put forth in red/purple states will in fact align with the party if elected then make sure they get elected?

Maybe the OP is just clumisly stated and I'm picking nits.

Sorry, if I have misunderstood.

[Toucano]

13. I think you might have missed it.

It's not about electing senators from Red/Purple states. It's about selecting our Senate Leader from a Red/Purple state.

The thinking being that our recent Senate leaders have been handicapped as leaders by their weak positions at home.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

17. Exactly! We need someone that can be fearless.

[Toucano]

14. I'd like to nominate Sen. John Kerry (D-MA). n/t

[laughingliberal]

18. Agree. The leaders will always be targeted and should be in safer seats.

Reid is my Senator and I know if he was not Senate Majority Leader, he would not be in a tight race with a nut job.

[rhett o rick]

19. Do you ever wonder why Reid was choosen? nm

[KeepItReal]

21. I kept hearing how great a fighter he was...

I didn't notice the stifled giggles as they said that.

:banghead:

[Toucano]

25. I met him in 2005

and I can honestly say that he's a really great guy.

Very intelligent. Totally on our side. Really gets it.

But something happens in D.C.

We Democrats are pre-disposed towards peace and working together. And few Democrats realize that while we believe that "crossing the aisle" is good for the country, our opponents believe that our total annihilation is good for the country.

Can we please, for the love of god, put our heels in the dirt and say, "No!"

Sen. Reid's problem comes, like Daschle's, from not being secure in his seat...it is not that he's ignorant...he just thinks, most sincerely, that "working together" is best for the country.

[rhett o rick]

47. My point is that there is something very wrong when the Demo Senators pick weaklings like

Daschle and Reid. It is not an accident.

[Toucano]

55. Cat got your tongue?

So, say what you think.

[Warren DeMontague]

28. Who better to speak for a pro-choice party concentrated in coastal blue states

than an anti-choicer from Nevada?

Makes perfect sense to me. :crazy:

[mzmolly]

22. Yes, if we elect vulnerable officials

we set ourselves up for a state of perpetual compromise (with bullies). Not a good position to be in, ever.

[madmax]

23. In your opinion what are the odds that

that Reid loses?