Sep 14, 2026 · 30 min · 14 segments
This week on Colorado Chamber Office Hours, host Ed Sealover explores Colorado’s unique place in the national political landscape with veteran political strategist Donna Brazile. Sealover and Brazile…
Donna BrazileGuestEd SealoverHostAnd so I want to kind of turn to the idea of business issues as considered by the Democratic Party, because there certainly was a time when the difference between the two parties was more of the degree of regulation that they were willing to put forth or maybe the specific industries they were hoping to benefit with tax cuts.
You now see a rising acceptance in the Democratic Party of the DSA movement, which supports Significantly higher taxes in some cases, government-owned competition with private sector in areas like grocery stores, and even the nationalization of some sectors.
How do you, as a longtime national Democratic leader, react to this? And how do you want Democratic candidates to be talking about business issues to voters?
Well, first of all, I think it's very important to tell your listeners and those who follow the chamber, not just in Colorado, but across the country, like the Republican Party that essentially ran against the establishment in 2016.
Go back to, again, the emergence of the Make America Great movement, which is now the Republican Party.
They morphed into the Republican Party, and they are the dominant factors in the Republican Party.
Laura Luma has been on my mind lately because of her vicious attacks against certain politicians in this country, including Hakeem Jeffries and many others.
But I think it's important to distinguish between organizations and political parties.
The Democratic Socialist Organization is made up of individuals all across this country.
They organize and they divide themselves into five or six or maybe seven topics, everything from... safety issues to education, to housing, to healthcare.
We met, as you well know, in 2024 in Chicago, we not only nominated a candidate, Kamala Harris, but we also drafted and passed a platform.
So for others to think that because Mondani, Mr. Mondani, Zora Mondani, who ran for mayor of New York and won on the Democratic Party ticket.
And so I want to kind of turn to the idea of business issues as considered by the Democratic Party, because there certainly was a time when the difference between the two parties was more of the degree of regulation that they were willing to put forth or maybe the specific industries they were hoping to benefit with tax cuts.
You now see a rising acceptance in the Democratic Party of the DSA movement, which supports Significantly higher taxes in some cases, government-owned competition with private sector in areas like grocery stores, and even the nationalization of some sectors.
How do you, as a longtime national Democratic leader, react to this? And how do you want Democratic candidates to be talking about business issues to voters?
Well, first of all, I think it's very important to tell your listeners and those who follow the chamber, not just in Colorado, but across the country, like the Republican Party that essentially ran against the establishment in 2016.
Go back to, again, the emergence of the Make America Great movement, which is now the Republican Party.
They morphed into the Republican Party, and they are the dominant factors in the Republican Party.
Laura Luma has been on my mind lately because of her vicious attacks against certain politicians in this country, including Hakeem Jeffries and many others.
But I think it's important to distinguish between organizations and political parties.
The Democratic Socialist Organization is made up of individuals all across this country.
They organize and they divide themselves into five or six or maybe seven topics, everything from... safety issues to education, to housing, to healthcare.
We met, as you well know, in 2024 in Chicago, we not only nominated a candidate, Kamala Harris, but we also drafted and passed a platform.
So for others to think that because Mondani, Mr. Mondani, Zora Mondani, who ran for mayor of New York and won on the Democratic Party ticket.
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