Democrats Need More Combative Centrists
To be an effective opposition, the party needs to win back the Senate — and to do that, it needs to become more moderate.
What’s the plan to get back to the majority?
Photographer: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images North AmericaSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is under fire from progressives for not having a clear plan to fight President Donald Trump. He certainly deserves some criticism — but for an entirely different reason: He doesn’t have a clear plan to help Senate Democrats regain a majority.
For House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the path to a majority is simple. Republicans hold a very narrow majority. If Democrats can get their frontline incumbents re-elected and recruit good candidates for the handful of Republican-held districts that former Vice President Kamala Harris won in last year’s presidential race, he will become speaker in 2027. Of course, this plan will take hard work, skill and a little luck. But it’s clear what the plan is.