Notwithstanding my earlier grousing about Turchin, I think “elite overproduction” is an excellent framework within which to understand intra-caucus tensions among House Democrats. https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1327235814275813376
The people who become members of congress are ambitious. But in the Dem system it takes forever to chair a committee, there’s no upward mobility in caucus leadership, and members have no ability to influence legislation.

So what do they do? Factional infighting!
You want to be able to say to people “hey if you chilled out, made a bit less trouble, put your head down, and really did the work you could _____.”

But what’s the ____ for House Dems?
A very real partisan difference here: The number one and number two people in the GOP hierarchy are slightly younger than the number four and number five House Democrats.

And the top three aren’t quitting.
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