Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
Despite what we’ll charitably call disappointing results for Democrats at all levels in November’s elections, there were few changes at the top — and few challengers, even, for the people who were running the ship.
In fact, the only real challenge to Democratic congressional leadership came over the chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, where Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan was challenged by progressive Texas firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
In the end, no change was made; Dingell received 152 votes and Crockett 59 in a secret ballot among caucus members. You’d think that any change would be a positive one, given the thoroughness of the thrashing on all fronts that the Democrats received.
However, if there was any way to make things even worse for the Democrats, it was to put Crockett in charge of anything — especially messaging and communications. As if to underline this for …
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