Are only 12 democrats who are women. you are right there in there. now there are 90. when you both join congress, i would argue that there wasn t a clear pipeline to democratic leadership, but now, speaker pelosi has lead by example, including along with congressman jim clyburn. they all decided to step aside, but not away. there are many people out there talking about how this is paving the way for this next generation of leadership. i am wondering your thoughts on this. because oftentimes, the democratic party, we have had spirited conversations about the lack of a pipeline to leadership, and to me this just strikes me as leadership, you know, taking, leading by example, and opening up the door, but not just leaving folks out to pasture. you are so right. and i want to say, a lot of people ask, what is the difference when women are in charge, and men are in charge? not all women are good, i will not go through the list of those, we don t think are
Former california senator, thank you so much for your time for being here, i appreciate you. thank you so much, simone. all right, we talked about this, this january we are going to see a transformation taking place among the democratic members of the house. 36 brand-new members will join the ranks, including the first gen z number, the first gay immigrant member, the first black woman member representing pennsylvania. can you believe that is still a first? and the first woman member from vermont. can you believe this? we are also sad to see a shake up in house leadership in the way the decisions, as we just discussed by speaker pelosi and majority leader hoyer to get a new generation of leaders to take over. how will all of this effect democrats agenda and the future as a whole? i cannot think of anybody better to talk to the democratic congresswoman debbie dingell of michigan joining me now. welcome to you, congresswoman. i want to begin with the leadership change. speaker pelosi
Political advantage. in this case that is the proceed found sense. the president was making clear in the historic transformation taking place in the region, progress will not always come in a straight line. shepard: today on the campaign trail, governor romney took direct aim at the president s comments. bumps in the road? we had an ambassador assassinated. we had a muslim brotherhood member elected to the presidency of egypt. 20,000 people have been killed in syria. we have problems in pakistan. of course, iran is that much closer to having the capacity to build a nuclear weapon. these are not bumps in the road. these are human lives and developments we do not want. romney campaign claims bumps in the road, is an attempt to minimize the failed policies.