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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Aug 29, 2010 05:46am |
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| Category | Blog Entry |
| Author | Brian Mann |
| News Date | Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Here is one of the more baffling aspects of the modern Democratic Party:
It is a largely urban, multi-ethnic and gender-diverse coalition.
But for half a century, the party's leadership in the Senate has been made up exclusively of white men from rural states, where the Democratic agenda is increasingly unpopular.
The two standard-bearers for this tradition are Tom Daschle and Harry Reid.
Despite being one of the most powerful men in Washington, Daschle was voted out of office by voters in South Dakota in 2004.
Reid flirts with the same fate currently in Nevada.
Before them, the Democratic Party's leadership in the Senate came from Maine, West Virginia, and Montana.
There are historic reasons for this "small state" dominance of a "big state" party — but the logic for a Reid-Daschle style of leadership is fading fast. |
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