CHOOSING NEW LEADERS, DEMOCRATS ARE STILL IN DENIAL. The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chairman and other officers this weekend. On Thursday night, the candidates gathered at Georgetown University for a final forum. The event was moderated by not one, not two, but three MSNBC hosts: Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House spokeswoman; Symone Sanders, the former Bernie Sanders spokeswoman; and Jonathan Capehart, the Washington Post opinion writer. 

The key issue facing the DNC now is, of course, reforming the party after its defeat in the 2024 elections. No, it wasn’t a landslide, as Democrats point out. But the party lost the White House, including the popular vote, and also lost the House and Senate. It lost all seven of the swing states. Nearly every jurisdiction — states, counties, cities, and suburbs — moved to the right from the 2020 election. The Democratic Party’s losses were across the board.