December 06, 2004
Leadership Deficit
Harry Reid, the soft-spoken Nevadan who will soon become the Senate Democratic leader, rejects talk that he is the most powerful Democrat in Washington. But asked to pinpoint the leaders of the Democratic Party, Mr. Reid left out one obvious name - John Kerry - and perhaps tellingly put himself at the top of the list.
"I think the leaders of the Democratic Party are Reid, Pelosi, Richardson, still Bill Clinton," Mr. Reid said, referring to Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic Leader; Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, the new chairman of the Democratic Governors' Association; and the former president, who recently played host to the senator for lunch at the Clinton home in Chappaqua, N.Y.
Reid? Pelosi? Richardson? I'm sorry, but that's pretty sad.
Posted by Gregory at December 6, 2004 03:48 AM
At least they can say "nuclear."
It's telling that all of the current leaders cited are from high-growth states west of the Mississippi.
Reid's on to something. If the Dems are to make a comeback, it will have to be among the hispanics and yuppies of the high-growth southwest. A northeast/rust-belt strategy is a formula for defeat and irrelevance.
Please list the moral and intellectuals titans that comprise the present leadership of the Republican party.
