Who do you think the leader of the Democratic Party is?

...everybody listens.

If Clinton could run again, I'd probably vote for him this time. There is no denying Clinton is probably the greatest politician the Democrats have had in 25 years. You can hardly help but to like the guy.

Plus, Clinton is an honest-to-God working class joe that did well for himself. Can't argue with that.

:shrug:

There have been some strong voices, but the people that have the most power are the most quiet.

Nancy Pelosi and/or Barbara Boxer

John Conyers
Barbara Boxer
Jesse Jackson
Dennis Kucinich
Howard Dean
Stephanie Tubbs Jones

There are others, too, of course but these people are making noise NOW.

I feel weary of relying on a person who purports to represent my interest hundreds if not thousands of miles away in the capital. I'm tired of watching the country get raped over and over again with broken promises. If anything, it should be a bottom-up model where they are directly accountable to us because we make the decisions, and they carry it out. Instead, it's top-down where we elect them, and they make the decisions. The Democratic Party should be bottom-up in structure, not the other way around, and if it already is, obviously, there's a disconnect between the rank-and-file and the people who set policy.

What is with all these "party bosses" cutting deals behind closed doors? Are they somehow higher than us? I don't believe they are. They are our equals, and we are their equals, and we should all have a voice in the big decisions, not a select few.

We should be the ones who make the decisions, the rank-and-file, and the "leaders" we elect should follow us. We should not have to find our leaders to rally us and should not have to give up our right to make decisions. We should rally ourselves, and then they can choose to follow our will, or get out of the way.

They should replace Pelosi and Reid immediately. Nationally it would be Kerry if he ever digs out from the mud dumped on him by Rove, Murdoch, and Dean. Pathetic. Bill Clinton is a big time sell-out as he never fails to remind everybody, even when they try to forget, and Hillary isn't much better.

Not to diss John Kerry, but Dean gave this party life. The 2004 election was a false start, but that's better than being completely dead.

and no coherent message since Gore was screwed over in 2000.