(Like listening to a springtime serenade on a warm April day by newly arrived songbirds after a brutally harsh, cold winter, it is. DLTDHYOTWO, Barney. Combine this with the news that the Democrats have officially thrown the White Working American under the bus. Look for an emergency Hillary for President candidacy real soon.)
"Obviously there is a lot of snark which could be thrown around, but this represents a bigger deal than Barney. As more and more senior Democrats retire, the realization is sinking in that there is no next generation of Democrats.
The younger generation of Democrats in Congress was wiped out in 2010 (along with some senior Democrats as well). On the eve of the 2010 elections I wrote:
The Democrats face a political decapitation tomorrow.
Dozens of senior Democratic Party leaders in the House and Senate, and in Statehouses around the country, are likely to lose. Unlike Republicans in 2008, there is no next generation of Democratic leaders.
Who are the Democratic Party equivalents of Marco Rubio, Mitch Daniels, John Thune, Bobby Jindal, Paul Ryan or Eric Cantor?
The Republican Party has numerous rising stars. I cannot think of a single Democratic Party rising star.
Can you?
The Democratic congressional problem remains the same. Democrats in Congress have lost both their past and their future. Barney FrankÂ’s retirement is just another example."
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