Posted on 07/04/2018 3:17:39 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Move over, House Freedom Caucus. Progressive lawmakers are poised to play a pivotal role in the next Congress if Democrats take back the House in November.
That’s because a dozen members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) are in line to chair congressional committees, which would give the left-leaning group immense power to influence the chamber’s legislative agenda and strengthen their hand as chief antagonists to President Trump.
The stunning primary victory of self-described democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) has also opened up a coveted spot at the leadership table, bolstering the argument that progressives should have more representation in the party’s top ranks.
Some congressional observers are predicting that congressional progressives could emerge as the liberal equivalent of the House Freedom Caucus, a group that has been highly effectively at pushing the GOP further to the right by banding together as a conservative voting bloc.
“The Freedom Caucus has been a big player in the House because of the big Republican advances in 2010,” said Brad Bannon, a Democratic strategist. “I think that’s a good analogy for what will happen with the Democratic members.”
The Freedom Caucus, a group of roughly 30 conservative rabble-rousers, was launched in the years following the 2010 tea party wave that swept the Republicans back into power on Capitol Hill.
Now, many members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus believe their political star is on the rise, with some election experts predicting a blue wave this fall, largely fueled by anti-Trump energy on the left.
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Ya, The Hill is smoking major Ganja tonight if they think the Democrat Socialists will when a majority in the House.
Here are a couple more of note:
Chelsea Handler issues July 4 apology to world: 'We’re sorry about our president'
Black women leaders rip into top Dems for not defending Maxine Waters
ACLU membership grew from 400,000 to 1.84 million after Trump was elected: report
I’ve started calling it the Red Tsunami. Worried about using tsunami, but checked Google definitions yesterday, and it said “an arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities”. So, Red Tsunami sounds perfect.
To “Progressives” voters are like cattle, they can be driven this way and that, nothing special or difficult, its all the same. So, why can’t they win then? Just crack the whip a bit harder on one side, and increase the size and number of carrots on the end of the stick on the left side.
That’s all there is to it, otherwise, how did a monster-racist-bastard-Hitler Trump ever win enough votes to take over the White House?
I honestly think that this represents the depth of progressive thought on the issue, as they are obviously sure they have all the other answers, whatever they might be. Any bets on how long it takes an adversarial press (establishment) to make Cortez look like an airhead?
If dems take back the House? Seriously? People still believe that is some far fetched dream world possibility?
A very long-winded way of saying both parties continue to move to the poles and away from the center.
‘What is the media’s obsession with this woman?’
young, minority, and somewhat photogenic, coupled with the ability to string together two sentences without numerous ‘ahs’ and ‘y’knows’...Obama redux...
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