Who's left for the Democrats?

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann discuss what's left of the Democratic party after its 2024 election losses – from who's left in Congress and who will have positions of authority, to the fading presence of the party's biggest voices in recent decades. The crew breaks down who could step up as Democrats' ideological leader – and who definitely won't be in the picture. Then, what's the status of Trump's cabinet picks? Right now, it looks like the ones left standing will all make it to January confirmation hearings.

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0:00.0	Look what happened.
0:02.0	Is this crazy?
0:03.9	We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in the history.
0:08.5	Make America great a good victory.
0:11.6	How can you be against them?
0:17.0	Welcome to Sidebar from the Washington Post.
0:19.3	I'm your host, Libby Casey.
0:41.9	And as always or almost always, I am joined today by Rhonda Colvin, senior political correspondent who is a very busy day ahead of her and James Holman, editorial writer, columnist. James, you're always busy. So I assume you also have a very busy day ahead of you. I'm Rhonda, there's so much happening on Capitol Hill right now. We're in like this really like pivotal moment after the election before they go home for the winter break. And so you are a very busy reporter these
0:47.6	days. So thank you for making time for us. You know, we've been talking on sidebar about the moves
0:52.2	that President-elect Donald Trump is making to set up his cabinet.
0:55.5	We'll have more updates on that later in today's show, including on some of the most controversial nominees who now seem to be sailing towards that confirmation hearing process in January.
1:07.8	But there are also some moves being made behind the scenes by Democrats who are set to
1:12.2	become the minority party in both houses of Congress, obviously losing the White House. They're
1:17.6	determined not to give Trump free reign to do whatever he wants in his second term, but we'll
1:22.1	talk about just how much power they really have. And who are the leaders who are trying to
1:26.7	step up right now in this
1:28.7	vacuum that's really been left as Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris prepared to exit the White
1:34.8	House? We'll get started with it all. Let's talk about the Democrats. Joe Biden is clearly not
1:41.1	the leader of the Democratic Party anymore. Fair to say? Hasn't been for a while.
1:50.3	Hasn't been since July. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The day he stepped aside. Yeah. Or even before when they were starting to question if he should be the person on the ticket. The debate. You could say
1:54.5	the night of the debate. Yeah, the debate. The beginning of the end. Where does the power lie if you are the minority power? Like, what are the positions?
2:01.7	Is it in Congress? Is it leadership? Is it the head of the DNC? Ronda, where do you see the powerful
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