I got a wonderful lesson in leadership from a former Honeywell director. He said if you lead people will follow. Just chart a course and start leading. Take whatever authority you want. You’ll be amazed at how far you can go. The people whose authority you usurp generally won’t have the balls to call you out and most likely, you’re doing the job they should be doing. Once I authorized some critical weekend tests that the guy who should have signed off on literally fled the building to keep his signature off the paperwork. The following Monday he was angry, but the program manager asked, well where the heck were you? Thanks to this guy the job is done, and the money has been saved, so shut up.
The thing about Haris, is she isn’t leading. Nobody is leading. If she was leading, she’d be setting a new Democrat agenda and nobody has the balls to risk getting torn apart by the people who need to be left off that agenda, like the Trans people. Everyone is waiting for someone else to take charge. AOC and Mandani(?) are stepping up to the bat.
Hence I’m baffled that nobody is leading Democrats.
The crown lies in the gutter, where fools & drunks play with it as a shiny toy.
Those expected to know better avoid it, presumably for reasons - perhaps to run out the short remainder of their careers.
None choose more than be mere gadflies.
Beware a prince waiting in shadow, eyeing the current aging king.
(Tired. Getting oddly eloquent.)