Donna Shalala, a former secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton, is running for Congress in Florida. At a time when Democrats are having a splintering, soul-searching debate about the wisdom of replacing longtime leaders like Nancy Pelosi with a new generation, Donna Shalala’s campaign for an open House seat in the Miami area is as much about the Democratic Party’s future as it is about its past.
Ms. Shalala, 77, was the secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton. That was the heyday of the “New Democrat” — a nearly extinct political species […]
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