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One of my biggest questions for you, Simon, is where is Dem leadership? At this exceedingly difficult and dangerous moment, where is our inspirational, forceful leader (or leaders)? Biden has almost disappeared and - despite his great successes - never spoke out in public regularly, or much at all. Kamala showed promise in her campaign (and earned some rest) but where is she now? Who else? We don't have anyone on a daily basis competing for headlines, social media presence, do we? No one even remotely a presence like trump. You have connection with the Dem party leadership - what discussions are going on around this, or are there any? What can the Hopium community do?

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WINNING THE HOUSE – SOONER RATHER THAN LATER

Here is a radical strategy for winning back the House of Representatives, sooner rather than later. One way to get rid of bothersome upper-management employees that might be difficult to fire, is to praise them to the right ears – so they’re headhunted by a competitor. The result is a win-win.

Not infrequently, congressional representatives retire to seek the greater financial rewards that are available in private industry. In fact, Axios had an article about this just the other day:

. "Private-sector paydays threaten Mike Johnson's House majority"

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/26/mike-johnson-congress-cameo-jobs-books

So here is my idea: that democracy-favoring business owners be "inspired" to make lucrative job offers to Republican House members elected from vulnerable districts, tempting them to retire early from Congress. This, of course, will trigger Special Elections, in which Democrats in recent years have been overperforming.

Hakeem Jeffries may well find himself Speaker of the House sooner than expected.

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