On Rachel: New Democratic Stars Emerge in Wake of Election

[TexasTowelie]

Starting with Rep. Adam Schiff...

[Phoenix61]

1. Yes he is

Calm, intelligent, well spoken. Gifted at explaining complicated information. So maybe he doesn't come across as charismatic but he isn't really in a position where that behavior is appropriate. IMO he is a great statesman. After 45, he may be exactly what this country would resonate to. A capable, drama free president.

[Wounded Bear]

2. This is, IMO the best thing that will come out of the Trump shitstorm...

a new generation of Democratic leaders.

Schiff has a bright future.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. He has a presidential bearing

that reminds me of Obama, measured and thoughtful.

[sharedvalues]

4. He's great, and thoughtful (Tiny downside: former prosecutor; we need more defense lawyers)

Re: prosecutors and politicians/courts and liberal values:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/magazine/how-to-bring-the-supreme-court-back-down-to-earth.html

"Today’s court includes two former prosecutors (Sotomayor and Samuel A. Alito Jr.) and no former defense lawyers. What difference does that make? In The Washington Post, Radley Balko has argued that the court has a “massive blind spot” when it comes to abuses by the police and prosecutors. Sherrilyn Ifill, the president of the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., wrote a 2012 article in The Nation headlined, “A Court Out of Touch” and points to Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, a 2012 case in which the court decided 5 to 4 that someone who has been arrested can be strip-searched in jail without reasonable suspicion — in other words, even if they presented no threat.

“When you think about the increased likelihood that African-Americans will be stopped and arrested, it’s fairly astonishing that a perfectly innocent person who has been arrested, and has made no indication that he is a threat, can be strip searched,” Ifill told me. “What Marshall did on the bench, when the justices conference about a case, was to say, ‘Let me tell you how it happens.’”

[mopinko]

5. he's got the same cool.

[ananda]

10. Agree

And that is just fine with me.

[Cha]

6. Yes We Do.. have Strong Democratic Fighters for us..

while SS sits on Colbert's show whining about the Dems with her cushiony $50 Million Bucks.. when others who aren't so well off are facing going hungry and getting tossed from their homes. And, your families torn apart if you live in danger of deportation.

Thank you, TT and Rachel!

[TexasTowelie]

7. As opposed to everyone that the GOP brings forward who appear to be

guilty crooks. It is a refreshing contrast.

[Cha]

8. It's a beautiful, encouraging, inspiring

Contrast!

[lillypaddle]

9. I REALLY like Schiff

No nonsense, measured, knowledgeable.