some discord within the ranks about leader pelosi continuing on as being the minority leader. she doesn t have a real challenger at the time though, tamron, so it s not clear that this is going to be a robust challenge to her leadership. it could be that they want to have extended debate how to move forward and meanwhile, this comes as there is a big discussion of who s going to take over the dnc. we ve been tracking a number of the top names which include martin o malley, keith ellison, howard dean. keith ellison, by the way, big name backers including senator harry reid, chuck schumer and bernie sanders. of course, he represents the more progressive branch of the party and there is some thinking that s part of the reason why democrats, why hillary clinton lost this election because they didn t pay enough attention to what the progressive branch of the party was saying to all of those supporters who backed bernie sanders and he could also be a real counterpoint to donald trump. he s,
across both parties. chuck schumer likes keith ell ellison. the first muslim elected to congress. if he were to be the dnc chair it would under score the democratic party is saying, look, we have to take the progressive branch of our party seriously. sets up elizabeth warren. and who were the big antagonists during the race? elizabeth warren. keith ellison, one of the first people to come out. potentially in the mix, martin o malley. exactly. you are seeing the split between the establishment versus the nonestablishment. i think the progressive branch
nomination and hasn t become a democrat? i wouldn t use that word flip-flopper if i were the senator. reporter: it s interesting she is not picking a fight with him over that issue. she doesn t want to alien ate the progressive branch of the democratic party particularly in places like new hampshire where she is trailing. she wants voters to get on board with her. i think the concern is picking that type of fight would alienate those key voters. the one fight she is picking in terms of flip-flopping is on the issue of guns. she points it out that she is seen as more to the left of him. bernie sanders voted against the brady bill a number of times. i think she is cautious and strategic. her sharpest language still for republicans. joy, the word socialist, socialist used to carry a bad
been running as a socialist against the democratic party is running for the democratic party nomination and hasn t become a democrat? i wouldn t use that word flip-flopper if i were the senator. reporter: it s interesting she is not picking a fight with him over that issue. she doesn t want to alien ate the progressive branch of the democratic party particularly in places like new hampshire where she is trailing. she wants voters to get on board with her. i think the concern is picking that type of fight would alienate those key voters. the one fight she is picking in terms of flip-flopping is on the issue of guns. she points it out that she is seen as more to the left of him. bernie sanders voted against the brady bill a number of times. i think she is cautious and strategic. her sharpest language still for republicans.