I agree that we desperately need a new generation of leaders. Shumer and others made a different political calculation of what will produce the least harm for the American people. To suggest they lack the courage to stand up to Trump is an unfortunate mischaracterization. Let's stay in dialogue and seek unity, and raise successors of wisdom along with a fighting spirit.
I read comments (elsewhere) that current older office holders should step aside for younger politicians with fresh ideas and attitudes. I then wonder what country these commenters grew up in. Very few politicians “step aside” for a younger candidate. I have seen a few in my lifetime, but it’s an occurrence so rare that it’s reported with the same air of almost disbelief as a Republican leaving his fortune to charity.
No, in the U. S. politicians are replaced by younger pols having the nerve and confidence to run against them in a primary. Judging that new ideas and the vigor of relative youth will find appeal in the electorate.
Though I was not even a teenager, I remember the day JFK was inaugurated. For me it was a revelation that politics did not have to belong to those of my grandfather’s generation. We need a wholesale change, which means we need a wave of new, vigorous, and politically aggressive leaders to emerge from efforts like “Run for Something”.
I agree that we desperately need a new generation of leaders. Shumer and others made a different political calculation of what will produce the least harm for the American people. To suggest they lack the courage to stand up to Trump is an unfortunate mischaracterization. Let's stay in dialogue and seek unity, and raise successors of wisdom along with a fighting spirit.
I read comments (elsewhere) that current older office holders should step aside for younger politicians with fresh ideas and attitudes. I then wonder what country these commenters grew up in. Very few politicians “step aside” for a younger candidate. I have seen a few in my lifetime, but it’s an occurrence so rare that it’s reported with the same air of almost disbelief as a Republican leaving his fortune to charity.
No, in the U. S. politicians are replaced by younger pols having the nerve and confidence to run against them in a primary. Judging that new ideas and the vigor of relative youth will find appeal in the electorate.
Though I was not even a teenager, I remember the day JFK was inaugurated. For me it was a revelation that politics did not have to belong to those of my grandfather’s generation. We need a wholesale change, which means we need a wave of new, vigorous, and politically aggressive leaders to emerge from efforts like “Run for Something”.