Former President Barack Obama and his team of power players have been leading the way in the Democratic Party for nearly two decades, but that luster is fading for many after the losses of the 2024 elections, and strategists say fresh blood is necessary for the party to move forward.

“One of the challenges the Democratic Party does have is that there is nostalgia for the Obama era, both in terms of Barack Obama being in the White House and what that meant for the country and the style of leadership that we have, but also like the style of our politics,” Democrat strategist Mike Nellis told NBC News, the network reported Tuesday. 

“There’s been a de-evolution of our politics over the last 10 years, and it’s just a very different era,” he added. 

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