This will be controversial to say, but Lamb is right about Pelosi

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214. The modern Dem party is a cosmopolitan center-left party

and Pelosi/Schumer reflect that, which is the main reason they are disliked by conservatives, whose retro worldview is fundamentally at odds with that.

Look at any 'electoral map by county' results and it is clear that most Dem votes come from metro areas, i.e. cities and their surrounding suburbs. This holds true across the country, even in red states and fly-over country. (the flipside is true about rural areas, GOP wins them even in blue states).

Thus, any leadership (even if Schumer and Pelosi retire, which I think they should) should reflect that.. would need to appeal more heavily to the true base of our party which is not heartland populists but metropolitan liberals, suburban moderates, PoC, LGBTQ, women, immigrants, youth, etc.

We're not going back to the Dixiecrat era simply to appease conservative Dems who want to live in the past.

Dems in conservative areas have always been allowed to moderate their positions and "run against leadership", usually with the consent of leadership; this is not new. (Repubs do the same thing in blue areas).