{"id":8476,"date":"2024-11-25T10:57:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T02:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8476"},"modified":"2024-11-25T10:57:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T02:57:20","slug":"progressives-begin-search-for-a-new-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8476","title":{"rendered":"Progressives begin search for a new leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20241125105544.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20241125105544.jpg 316w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20241125105544-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progressives are debating who should lead their movement as they seek to remake the Democratic Party in a new populist mold following devastating losses in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial conversations are starting to take place on the left among political strategists, activists and sources close to lawmakers about who is poised to advocate for their flank in the coming Trump era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some believe the progressive left is at its best without a dominant figurehead tethered to Washington, instead shifting much of the power and influence within the movement to the grassroots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe progressive movement is strongest when we aren\u2019t overreliant on any single leader to guide us forward,\u201d said Usamah Andrabi, spokesperson for Justice Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After helping to identify and recruit progressive candidates from working-class backgrounds, Andrabi says he sees an upside \u201cwhen we build the collective power of the people that no amount of corporate influence or super PAC spending can break.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As progressives prepare to face an incoming Republican-controlled Senate and House, some believe there\u2019s even more of an imperative to seize on the anger felt toward Democrats who lost both the executive and legislative branches of government and channel it toward a search for a strong leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re especially not going to care now that the Democrats got [handled] so thoroughly,\u201d said Nina Turner, who co-chaired Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019s (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign. \u201cThey\u2019re going to say they don\u2019t want more of the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Democrats need an opposite and equal force in terms of celebrity,\u201d Turner said, referring to President-elect Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding that \u201ccelebrity\u201d figure \u2014 a charismatic leader who resoundingly rejects corporatism \u2014 has its challenges in a capitalist country. But progressives like Turner are urging fellow leftists to look beyond places like the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which is thought of as a go-to pool of liberal talent, for rising stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVery few of them have charisma,\u201d Turner said. \u201cThey have a title that gets media attention. But they can\u2019t motivate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrump was an anomaly in that,\u201d she continued. \u201cHe was able to galvanize in a moment when people were desperate for change. And we\u2019re right back in that moment now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo me, the progressive left has the strength because this is our moment. The masses of people on the Democratic side or people who would lean Democrat, they\u2019re over mainstream Democrats,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re saying \u2018y\u2019all lost.\u2019 Who builds a monument to the losers?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figures on the outside are, for now, operating on a smaller scale than those who hold office. Alternative media personalities like Cenk Uygur, Kyle Kulinski and Turner herself are being talked about in some circles, along with former \u201csquad\u201d members and former Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), who have ties to urban activism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progressives close to Sanders privately agree that at 83, he likely won\u2019t be at the top of the ticket again, and they have begun whispering about who could realistically take up his economic populist message and potentially have his blessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But many also believe they need to turn to their existing talent to find someone who could replace him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the House, two young congresswomen, Reps. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), 36, and Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), 41, are being quietly discussed, along with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who also served as a top adviser for Sanders\u2019s 2020 campaign, and the widely known Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) have been critical of Democrats in the past few weeks, creating postelection buzz about their future aspirations. Murphy, who has worked with Sanders on anti-war initiatives, publicly agreed with some of the Vermont senator\u2019s critiques of the corporate influence of the party, while Fetterman said he would consider voting for several of Trump\u2019s Cabinet nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both approaches went against the establishment Democratic ethos, which is to resist Trump wholeheartedly and not appear too critical of the centrist election playbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campaign operatives who have spent the past cycles getting progressive candidates ready for prime time, however, believe this is their chance to change up the Democratic blueprint and encourage fresh talent to step up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get there, they\u2019ll face several key tests, including the 2026 midterms, and before that, the race to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Conversations about 2028 could be informed by that choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While some believe the top DNC job is largely symbolic \u2014 it doesn\u2019t have sway over legislation, for example \u2014 it will be the first tangible marker of the ideological direction of a party out of power in early January following the losses this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProgressives are weighing our options, but it\u2019s clear the fight right now is for party leadership,\u201d said one senior Democratic source directly familiar with current talks around the early list of names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progressives are pushing for Ben Wikler and Ken Martin, the state party chairs of Wisconsin and Minnesota, respectively, but are already fearful that a bigger national figure, Rahm Emanuel, a staunch centrist who served as Chicago mayor and former President Obama\u2019s chief of staff, is the front-runner. Martin has officially declared his candidacy, while Wikler has so far been quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the DNC opts for Rahm Emanuel, good luck,\u201d the source said. \u201cYou will see a [mass] exodus from the party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ocasio-Cortez, whose megaphone reverberates far beyond Congress, also shared her distress over Emanuel\u2019s name being floated: \u201cThere is a disease in Washington of Democrats who spend more time listening to the donor class than working people,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X. \u201cIf you want to know the seed of the party\u2019s political crisis, that\u2019s it.\u201d Another moderate, former Maryland Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley, has also tossed his name into the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ideological battle to helm the DNC is expected to foreshadow the ongoing fights that have centrists blaming progressives for their losses and vice versa. It\u2019s also happening amid some smaller fights among progressives themselves, who are debating how much to prioritize things like personal identity over economic class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governors are historically considered to be prime presidential candidates-in-training, and many statewide Democratic executives are expected to play a key role in the anti-Trump effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while traditional Democrats in the party eye up leaders like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, progressives don\u2019t see many names who meet their populist criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One exception, some note, is Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who was considered on Vice President Harris\u2019s running mate shortlist. By sheer geography alone, the 46-year-old presides over one of the top 10 rural states in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe guy who, I don\u2019t know, who is impressing me right now is Beshear,\u201d said one former Sanders 2016 adviser who worked on issues affecting rural voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe has a solid list of economic accomplishments. And did not shy away from the cultural stuff,\u201d the former adviser said. \u201cHe might be able to make the argument \u2018I\u2019m proof caring for these other things doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t deliver for everyday people where it really matters. The pocketbook.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progressives are debating who should lead their movement as they seek to remake the Democratic Party in a new populist mold following devastating losses in November. 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