McCaskill won't support Reid as minority leader

[pstokely]

Source: KMBC

McCaskill said Thursday that she believes the recent election results show voters want change in Washington and that must begin with a change in leadership.

Reid, of Nevada, currently is the Senate majority leader. But Democrats lost control of the U.S. Senate to Republicans in the Nov. 4 elections.

Republicans also fared well in McCaskill's home state, picking up seats in both the state House and Senate despite McCaskill's efforts to aid local races by pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the Missouri Democratic Party.


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[Android3.14]

1. Yes!

About time someone stated the obvious.

[PeteSelman]

2. Brown or Warren would be nice.

Reid sucks, she sucks, most of them suck.

[cheapdate]

8. No, most of them don't suck.

Sheldon Whitehouse, Raul Grijalva, Alan Grayson, Al Franken, Ron Wyden, Chris Murphy, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tammy Baldwin, Kieth Ellison, Jan Schakowsky, etc., etc.

There are plenty of good leaders fighting everyday.

They deserve our support.

[PeteSelman]

9. I'll stand behind "most".

Sure the ONLY decent people, besides Sanders who is the very best, in Congress are in the Denocratic Party but MOST of the party are bought off, sold out corporate pieces of shit little different than the "opposition" party.

Socks.

[Cha]

16. I got at least two more, cheapdate! Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii!

Senator Ed Markey from Mass.. Jeff Merkley of Oregon.. Barbara Lee.. new Rep Scott Peters in Cal, New Rep Gwen Graham in Fla!

[cstanleytech]

12. I wouldnt object to Warren at all, in fact it would be a welcome change imo. nt

[onecaliberal]

3. She needs to go as well.

We don't need blue dog women pretending to be dems.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Last I checked, Reid was reelected by his constituents

[Purveyor]

5. Doesn't matter. We are stuck with Reid.

Frustrated Democratic Senators Vent, but Re-Elect Reid to Be Their Leader

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats voted to retain Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and the other senior members of their leadership on Thursday, putting off for now the uncomfortable question of how to inject new energy into a party that many worry is failing to cultivate a new generation of leaders.

The voting was done by secret ballot, but it was not unanimous, reflecting a divide within the party as it prepares to be the minority party on Capitol Hill for the first time since 2006.

Concern about the need to elevate new faces and younger leaders was reflected in part in the decision Thursday to create a new but relatively small leadership role for Senator Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts. Ms. Warren, a folk hero of the left, will serve as an informal liaison to the party’s liberal base.

“We’re going to do things a little differently,” Mr. Reid vowed after the vote.

more...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/us/politics/harry-reid-senate-democrats.html?_r=0

[MADem]

6. I don't think she'll get much traction, there. nt

[amandabeech]

10. She'll run to the right of the Senate Dems when she's up.

Missouri isn't very Dem-friendly anymore.

She's to the right of where I'd like to see Dems be, but someone like Sherrod Brown or Barbara Boxer probably wouldn't be electable in Missouri these days. Unfortunately.

[stillwaiting]

17. The main reason that Missouri isn't Dem-friendly right now is that the Dem Party...

... hasn't been acting like traditional Democrats.

If the Dem Party put forward a strong platform that they argued passionately and cohesively for and made it clear that they were standing up for average Americans' interests over those of Wall Street, then Missouri would be very Dem-friendly right now.

Americans have lost faith (for the most part) in BOTH political parties to do things to help improve their lives financially.

That is completely the fault of "our" elected Democrats who continue to allow legislation to pass that transparently benefits Wall Street while rarely benefitting (if not regularly harming) average Americans' financial interests.

The Democratic Party has become infested by Wall Street, and they don't seem to want to stand in the way of the decades long and continuing Wall Street rampage against the bottom 90%'ers.

[amandabeech]

21. I know that many people here believe that, but having grown up in a more conservative area,

I'm not nearly as sure of that thesis as many here are.

Do you know of any study that has been done about Dems running to the left of a majority of voters or any race that has been won by a Dem running to the left?

I'd be more convinced if there was a body of research or a number of races that support your thesis.

Of course, I'd love for you to be right, but as I wrote above, my background makes me a little doubtful.

[LiberalFighter]

18. Based on govtrack she nearly votes that way already.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/claire_mccaskill/412243

[cheapdate]

7. Fine by me.

[Dawson Leery]

11. Schumer?

[LiberalFighter]

13. She won't support him cause he is too left wing for her.

[SoapBox]

14. That's what I was thinking.

[blkmusclmachine]

15. Someone needs to take the trash out. It's stinking up the place.

[Arkana]

19. Reid's insurance is the fact that Chuck fucking Schumer is next in line.

And I'd rather have Harry Reid.

[HoosierCowboy]

20. Senator Reid has problems in his own State

I doubt that he will win his next re-election bid unless it's on Hillarys' coattails, if Hillary has coattails, even that's in doubt. Essentially the Nevada State Democratic Party is just Las Vegas now.
Las Vegas is in decay, the northern part of the State is advancing rapidly now, Tesla being the engine of growth.

Time for Senator Warren to step up

[TrollBuster9090]

22. The Same Old Faces = Low Voter Turnout.

In my opinion, another reason for the ridiculously low turnout on election day is the lack of new faces in both Parties.

Would YOU turn out to vote if you knew that you only had a choice between: Pelosi vs. Boehner. Or Reid vs. McConnell. Yes, you can play the 'lesser of two evils' game, but it's no substitute for 'hope for the future through change.'

[Enrique]

23. she's grandstanding

not a first for her