Democrats are now 0 for 4 in special elections this year which means Obamacare is likely to be gone and 23 million people are likely to lose their access to health care. It is true that most of these districts would not have been won anyways no matter what. In my opinion, I do not think Democrats need new messages.What we need are new messengers. Poll after poll has shown that majority of Americans are with the democrats when it comes to policy ideas. This is why I believe that we need new leadership in both the house and the senate. We need bold and effective leadership. Nancy Pelosi has been a great leader in the house, she was a very effective speaker and she has been a great leader while in the minority too. But she has stayed so long and has become a very polarizing figure.
I think in order to have a shot at winning the 2018 midterms, Democrats should look for a few winning messages and not a laundry list of policy ideas and they should also not just rely on Trump hatred to bring voters to the polls. The special elections and the 2016 elections has shown that Trump hatred is not a winning strategy by itself. We can be sure that in the competitive districts that we need to win, the right wing noise machine will tie the candidates in those districts to Nancy Pelosi and that will serve as a lightning rod for people that may want to vote for those candidates to vote against them. This is another reason why we need new leaders in the party. Chuck Schumer was just elected to leadership position but Ms Pelosi has been there for a while so I think we have to start with her. Ms Pelosi is someone that I have a lot of respect for. And I do believe she loves her party and she loves her country. She has shown that she will fight for the people who have no one to fight for them. I believe at this time, the best way she can help move this country forward and fight for the middle class, the working class and the voiceless is to step aside for now and help bring in new blood to lead the Democratic Party.