Hi, everybody. It's Cheryl Ackison. Welcome to another edition of Full Measure After Hours. Today, Donkey Kong, Democrats are scrambling for a direction and leader. For the midterms and beyond, Democrats are scrambling to find the identity and leader that are most likely to win them control of Congress and the next seat in the Oval Office.

Eliminating Democrat Eric Swalwell from the California governor's race over a sex scandal seems to have been effective in consolidating Democrat votes there to ensure at least one Democrat

gets enough support in the upcoming primary to make it to the general election.

When Swalwell was in the race, the top vote getters were Republicans, and the way it works in

California, only the top two advanced to the general election,

that would have meant there was no chance for a Democrat to win. That was a big deal.

Well, all of a sudden up bubbles a sex scandal with years-old allegations against Eric Swalwell,

but it conveniently works, as I said, to consolidate Democrat votes and change that dynamic in California.

On Sunday, May 17th, I'll be talking about the Democrat search for a real leader that can take them beyond the Trump era.

And I'll also be talking about the Democrats' hard turn to the left in many cases, even embracing socialism and communism.

In today's podcast, you will hear some thoughts from both Democrats and Republicans as we count down to the midterms that will decide which party controls Congress and largely the Washington agenda.

First, Democrat Seth

Magazineer of Rhode Island. What do you see is happening in terms of the direction and how

that could impact or pull at the Democrat Party as a whole group that can

have impact? You know, I think what you're seeing in the Democratic Party now is a real turnover

in leadership, right? You know, Speaker Pelosi, who is the leader for Democrats in the House for

two decades, is stepping back. We have a new leadership team with Hakeem Jeffries and Catherine Clark.

You have newer faces emerging in the Democratic Party, both in the more moderate camp and in the

more progressive camp. And that's a healthy thing. I think it is a healthy thing to have some

generational turnover and some new faces and new ideas emerge. There will always be a moderate and a progressive wing of the Democratic

Party, just like there will always be, you know, a more moderate and more far-right wing of the

Republican Party. But having some turnover and some change in leadership is a healthy thing.

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