Krystal and Saagar analyze Democratic leadership challenges (Part 3)

Message they need to send is, we hear you. We hear that we, like, we get we're still unpopular. We get that we have to prove the doubters wrong, and we have to actually deliver for people. And we have to recognize that this is not a, you know, affirmative vote in favor of the legacy Democratic Party. This is a fuck you to Trump. But first and foremost, and a wish that maybe with this kind of a mandate, you people can do something a little bit different. Um, David, my sense is that Schumer could be in more danger than Jeffries simply because, I mean, for one thing, the. The margin in the House is so large that he now has, you know, it's going to be like 260 Democratic seats that he has a lot of wiggle room. He can lose a good number and still be able to get a majority in the House. But with Schumer, as far as I can tell, there's already at least six Democrats who have said, I don't think so. I'm not voting for this guy. I know Troy Jackson has said that. I know Peggy Flanagan has said that. I know Abdul said. He's looking at, uh. I think he said. Didn't he say this to you? He's looking at Chris Van Hollen. I think Alyssa Slotkin. Didn't Alyssa Slotkin say something? Yeah, we just played Cory Booker. That's one that I never would have thought. Of course, Bernie Sanders would be on board with going in a different direction, so it seems. And, you know, he has to get a majority. Obviously, the Republicans are not going to vote for him. So if you're losing some even small block of the Democratic Party, you're on thin ice. You know, how are you doing that math? And how are you thinking about how realistic the possibility is of getting someone different? Well, and David, let me add a question to that, too. The speaker is a constitutional position, whereas majority leader is kind of made up by the parties. And so as a result, technically, Schumer, as long as he gets 51% of the Democrats, can then go in. And all you need to do is kind of form a majority, and then he becomes the majority leader. Right. So his opponents would have to, like, block the Democrats from forming a majority, which is a. A tall order. Do you have any sense of how they're navigating those politics? Because, like, in the House, if you block the Speaker. The Speaker's blocked. It's done. But. Yep. But that's not. But that. But it's different than in the Senate. Yeah, yeah. I mean. Yeah. And I mean, There's a bunch of thoughts here. I mean, first of all, I do think. Look, I would. I think it's a somewhat safe bet. Somewhat.