#Latest news with #youngliberalsWall Street Journal3 days agoBusinessWall Street JournalIs David Hogg Democrats' Nightmare, or Savior?David Hogg has a radical plan to revitalize the moribund Democratic brand: get rid of some of the party's oldest lawmakers. More than a few party leaders aren't pleased. Hogg is promising to spend millions of dollars to run primary campaigns against Democratic incumbents. It is an effort to boost young liberals into office who can inject the party with the sense of urgency he says it lacks in confronting President Trump's power grabs while doing more to cater to the needs of young Americans. The problem for party leaders is that Hogg is a vice chairman of the national party.
Wall Street Journal3 days agoBusinessWall Street JournalIs David Hogg Democrats' Nightmare, or Savior?David Hogg has a radical plan to revitalize the moribund Democratic brand: get rid of some of the party's oldest lawmakers. More than a few party leaders aren't pleased. Hogg is promising to spend millions of dollars to run primary campaigns against Democratic incumbents. It is an effort to boost young liberals into office who can inject the party with the sense of urgency he says it lacks in confronting President Trump's power grabs while doing more to cater to the needs of young Americans. The problem for party leaders is that Hogg is a vice chairman of the national party.