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QueerDuck

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37. You can't lead from the minority.

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 06:50 AM

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The problem with telling half the party to "shut up" right before an election is that it is a guaranteed recipe for losing.

If you want to talk about leadership, the absolute first rule of political leadership is actually winning the majority. If Democrats lose the House because of eleventh-hour factional infighting, no one is leading anything and nobody has a gavel.

The CBC is focused on the immediate, practical reality of winning a majority so the party can actually pass legislation. Litigating primary grievances and purity tests on a national stage right now only helps the opposition... and secures our position as the out-of-power minority party. Which do you prefer?

Secure the power first, then worry about the internal debates.

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She is right we need new leadership! bob4460 Saturday #1

The last thing we need now is to go to war with ourselves. creeksneakers2 Saturday #3

Comical at best luv2fly Saturday #11

What do you think I should call the people creeksneakers2 Yesterday #16

What I think you should call engaged voters is irrelevant. luv2fly Yesterday #17

The choice was remarkably unwise. creeksneakers2 Yesterday #19

Roughly 33,000 people feel differently n/t luv2fly Yesterday #22

In NYC creeksneakers2 Yesterday #24

They've been calling Dems communist for decades. Cobalt Violet Yesterday #35

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #51

not true. Cobalt Violet Yesterday #53

How can you deny it? creeksneakers2 Yesterday #54

She's one of the JustAnotherGen Yesterday #40

Why? angrychair Yesterday #50

Are they democrats? creeksneakers2 Yesterday #52

Not sure I understand your question angrychair Yesterday #55

They've been calling democrats socialist or communists TBF 21 hrs ago #66

Its relevant to your complaint about my language. creeksneakers2 Yesterday #20

You prefer "progressive loonies," yeah we know n/t luv2fly Yesterday #23

I'm backing off some because creeksneakers2 Yesterday #25

No she's Not! Look to herself for her votes for Cha Yesterday #27

We really don't need this shit right now. I don't care, the stakes are too high to be doing the usual bickering Cheezoholic Saturday #2

Right on! creeksneakers2 Saturday #4

Some people won't lead and they won't get out of the way Ponietz Saturday #6

You can't lead from the minority. QueerDuck Yesterday #37

Mahalo! We sure as Hellscape Don't! Cha Yesterday #28

Spot on from the CBC!!! Unforced public drama is the absolute last thing we need right now. QueerDuck Saturday #5

So is it projecting unity angrychair Saturday #8

There will be time for that later. creeksneakers2 Yesterday #21

Completely agree that unity has to go both ways. QueerDuck Yesterday #34

My point is angrychair Yesterday #43

Vote for every Democrat on your ballot in November. yardwork Yesterday #48

Well... it seems clear that we are talking about two entirely different things. QueerDuck Yesterday #49

"Spot on from the CBC!!! Unforced public drama is the absolute last thing we need right now". LiberalLovinLug Saturday #10

Not sure how disciplined campaign strategy qualifies as an oxymoron. QueerDuck Yesterday #36

AIPAC, i.e., "Talking dollars" Ponietz Saturday #7

Yep, AIPAC proudly spends money to defeat Democrats luv2fly 14 hrs ago #67

This is why Democrats lose elections... Escape Saturday #9

Work together. Makes a ton of sense to me. oasis Saturday #12

Yes it does.. I'm so disapponted in Sen Slotkin. Cha Yesterday #30

Politicians gonna politic. yardwork Yesterday #47

Yes! We've done it befoe so we know the Cha Yesterday #29

Spot on. Those advocating for "purity tests" would rather rule the ashes of our minority than win a majority. QueerDuck Yesterday #38

Vote for every Democrat on your ballot this fall. yardwork Yesterday #46

I support a Black person Miguelito Loveless Saturday #13

Rep Crockett won't be there next year. I support Cha Yesterday #31

Jasmine Crockett will no longer be in Congress as of January 2027 Wiz Imp Yesterday #56

I agree with the CBC. LudwigPastorius Saturday #14

Excellent post, Thanks! Cha Yesterday #32

Debate all that Later! ffs w rhe squabbles right now! Win FIRST!!! And. .. electric_blue68 Saturday #15

All of this. yardwork Yesterday #45

Corraling Cats dave99 Yesterday #18

Hmm... Sen Slotkin should take the CDC's advice! Cha Yesterday #26

The party is going to have this discussion at some point regardless fujiyamasan Yesterday #33

Well, they've been remarkably adept at avoiding it for a very long time, but I think it's now reaching a point where Midwestern Democrat 21 hrs ago #65

Of course Icanthinkformyself Yesterday #39

Slotkin is one of the most JustAnotherGen Yesterday #41

To underscore the issue regarding Slotkin BumRushDaShow Yesterday #42

Right. She's labeled on at least one website chart as a "Swing" voter with Dems; whereas the Democratic Socialist ancianita Yesterday #59

Vote for every Democrat on your ballot this fall. yardwork Yesterday #44

Slotkin should have defined "Democratic leadership" and "old models." She will confuse independent voters. ancianita Yesterday #57

Jeffries has been a tremendous leader of the House Quiet Em Yesterday #58

Amen! QueerDuck Yesterday #60

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Is that ALL black politicians? Or just the few who sold out to TACO? marble falls Yesterday #63

I have mixed feelings about Jeffries, barbtries Yesterday #62

I think Jeffries has been thoroughly schooled into the establisment by Speaker Emeritus Pelosi BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #64