Rep. Seth Moulton's plan to overhaul House Democrats with a 'new generation of leaders'

[DonViejo]

By Eric Bradner, CNN
Updated 9:26 AM ET, Thu November 30, 2017

Washington (CNN)Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts -- who has vented for months about House Democrats' leadership -- has big ambitions for the military veterans he is backing in the 2018 midterm elections.

"I'm literally recruiting a new generation of leaders for the party," he said in an interview Wednesday.
The 39-year-old Marine veteran who served four tours of duty in Iraq has emerged as a leading fund-raiser and candidate recruiter for Democrats, even as he has called to oust House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Moulton is rolling out a list Thursday of eight more House candidates -- all military veterans -- he is endorsing in the 2018 midterm elections. That brings the list of Moulton-backed candidates to 19.

The endorsements come on top of a travel schedule that has included recent trips to Iowa for a steak fry in Des Moines and to New Hampshire ahead of this year's municipal elections. It's all fed speculation that Moulton could be eyeing a 2020 presidential run -- and has elevated him into conversations about the list of vice presidential prospects.

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[alarimer]

1. Who gives a shit about whether they are veterans or not?

They are not automatically better for that. Sometimes they are too conservative. Sometimes veterans are too apt to keep increasing the military budget when what we need are cuts to that bloated budget.

[Me.]

2. BMOC

We'll see. New-ish members who think they can dismiss the leadership out of hand often have a an adjustment to make. Besides, not crazy about the emphasis on military...especially if they turn out to be of the Kelly variety. I think the article may be right and all this is the set up for a presidential run.

[dembotoz]

3. Old lesson from organizing...u tend to look for leadership like yourself

And often that is not the best option

[msongs]

4. "military veterans". what could possibly go wrong nt