That line of people outside the tent? Over there with the fortunetellers and the astrologers? Those are Democrats, desperately trying to divine what went wrong last week, and what comes next. Even their supporters say the party’s recent election platform suffered from near “comic levels of incoherence.”
Later this week on Capitol Hill, the party will tap into its liberal roots, and cast its vote for “San Francisco Democrat” Nancy Pelosi to lead them in the House.
Many inside the party are less than enthused about a lurch to the left. Outside, Republicans are loving the choice of a liberal. Treating Nancy Pelosi’s name like a “kick me” sign taped to the dispirited and disappearing back end of the party.
Guests:
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation
Ed Kilgore, policy director of the Democratic Leadership Council
Lynn Woolsey, Democratic Congresswoman from California.