About House Leadership:

I don't think all progressives completely realize this, but they're unlikely to get someone better for their interests than Pelosi as Speaker. She is both personally quite progressive compared to the caucus as a whole, as well as politically effective.

I have no idea what the problem with Clyburn is other than that he's older. Is he bad at whipping votes? Does he shut down prog ideas? I haven't seen any of this. In the absence of actual criticism, I find something distasteful about arguing a Civil rights leader should step down

I have less strong feelings about Hoyer. I think he can be off in messaging (not aggressive enough). The Dem House caucus was held together quite effectively during the past 2 yrs, but how much this is attributable to Hoyer, I don't know.

Anyway, Pelosi is on the left side of the Democratic caucus as a whole. That, combined w/ her political effectiveness, makes her kind of an ideal for progressives. Going after Clyburn seems bizarre to me. I don't see what Hoyer adds that perhaps someone else couldn't improve upon

To be clear: I'm not even saying you have to like Pelosi if you are progressive. I am saying that if you look at the lean of the House as a whole, & consider what the role of "Speaker" is, you'll be hard pressed to find someone who is better for progressive interests.

(I actually didn't mean any of this to be about AOC, specifically, but rather just around the broader discourse about House Leadership)