It showed the cohesiveness of the Democrats under Jeffries. But I also think that the Dems have a lot more intellectual firepower than the GOP. Raskin and Schiff are smart, smart guys. Swalwell is pretty smart too and he isn't afraid to mix it up with the GOP (calling McCarthy a pussy to his face recently was a baller move). Of course, t…
It showed the cohesiveness of the Democrats under Jeffries. But I also think that the Dems have a lot more intellectual firepower than the GOP. Raskin and Schiff are smart, smart guys. Swalwell is pretty smart too and he isn't afraid to mix it up with the GOP (calling McCarthy a pussy to his face recently was a baller move). Of course, they have their own members that go off the reservation, but that's to be expected. My hope is Jeffries learned from Pelosi the benefits of playing the long game. David Frum has talked about how strategic Pelosi was as Speaker, and I think there's an episode of the Bulwark Podcast where Frum talks about this very thing. I'll go hunt it down.
It showed the cohesiveness of the Democrats under Jeffries. But I also think that the Dems have a lot more intellectual firepower than the GOP. Raskin and Schiff are smart, smart guys. Swalwell is pretty smart too and he isn't afraid to mix it up with the GOP (calling McCarthy a pussy to his face recently was a baller move). Of course, they have their own members that go off the reservation, but that's to be expected. My hope is Jeffries learned from Pelosi the benefits of playing the long game. David Frum has talked about how strategic Pelosi was as Speaker, and I think there's an episode of the Bulwark Podcast where Frum talks about this very thing. I'll go hunt it down.
Here it is.
https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/david-frum-house-republicans-aim#details