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2020 Democratic Presidential Nominees

This is kind of just playing up the GOP fear machine....cause what's happen in reality is Liberals have taken great steps to expand health coverage and make insurance more affordable, while the GOP has tried, desperately, the scuttle the Dems effort and retract coverage.

But if we go to everyone buying into Medicare and supplements, the public will understand it. Plus, it will eviscerate the GOP and private primary insurance.
 
This is kind of just playing up the GOP fear machine....cause what's happen in reality is Liberals have taken great steps to expand health coverage and make insurance more affordable, while the GOP has tried, desperately, the scuttle the Dems effort and retract coverage.

The key is getting those who now have coverage because of Obamacare to turn out and vote.
 
The key is getting those who now have coverage because of Obamacare to turn out and vote.

One of the problems is a ton of people who got coverage because of Obamacare via Medicaid expansion have no idea that the reason they got coverage was Obamacare.
 
The most important thing is to be ready to reach across the aisle and make sensible deals
 
Bernie’s biggest political achievements are being one of two senators from a state with one House rep and being not Hillary.

Does he say things we need to hear? Sure.

Does he have some good ideas? Yes.

Does he have any evidence he can built a coalition to make those ideas happen? No.
 
Bernie’s biggest political achievements are being one of two senators from a state with one House rep and being not Hillary.

Does he say things we need to hear? Sure.

Does he have some good ideas? Yes.

Does he have any evidence he can built a coalition to make those ideas happen? No.

This would be more convincing if you weren’t on the Mayor Pete train.
 
Pete is like half Bernie’s age. And I could still give you a list of his South Bend accomplishments.
 
Pete is like half Bernie’s age. And I could still give you a list of his South Bend accomplishments.

And they would still pale in comparison to any candidate’s congressional accomplishments.
 
Does he have any evidence he can built a coalition to make those ideas happen? No.

I don't know that's the role of the president. Bernie voted against the war in Iraq. I like that a lot more than his ability to win the vote (which would have never happened, no matter the horse trading). The fact that he's been right fairly consistently on a majority of issues is a good thing for chief executive. You'd like to think he could surround himself with the people capable of getting things done, and that it's the job of the Congressional leadership and party leadership to work together to get stuff done.
 
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Pete is like half Bernie’s age. And I could still give you a list of his South Bend accomplishments.

Rezoned unused site for Chick-fil-a.
Stepped up enforcement or poop & scoop ordianance.
Cut ribbon on daycare facility.
Recruited 35 new jobs to city's ETJ at machine shop.
etc
etc
 
This is an interesting philosophical point to me. Do you think the president's role is MORE:

1) to be right (to have moral authority, to set the agenda for the country, to make the case for what is right)
2) to do things (lead, manage teams working, come up with the plans)

Again, we can talk about Bernie not building consensus or getting enough done, but he voted correctly on DOMA, Iraq War, every social issue under the sun. He was never a Republican, he hasn't been evolving on the issues, he wasn't instrumental in creating the war on drugs and imprisoning half the black population. He's been the consistent moral authority on the left for a really long time. Simply by doing such things, look at who the centrists in the 2020 race are vs the ones in 2016. The party has moved left based on his policy positions.

Another way of dividing candidates--is the next president's job:

1) structural reform (electoral college, SCOTUS, filibuster)?
2) return to norms (work with Republicans, address polarization, try to get back to status quo ante-Trump)?
 
That’s definitely the role of the president. He would be the one leaning on reps and senators and making the case to the American people.

First new Iowa poll I’ve seen in awhile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/18/your-reminder-this-is-state-by-state-race/

Biden and Warren tied around 25% with Pete in third at 12%. Bernie at 9%.

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Take it with the appropriate grain of salt given the margin of error and low sample size.

The temporary Harris bump and Biden drop after the first debate continues to be interesting. Harris found a way to move up and damage the leader, but hasn't found a way to sustain it and no one else has found a way to damage Biden.
 
Take it with the appropriate grain of salt given the margin of error and low sample size.

The temporary Harris bump and Biden drop after the first debate continues to be interesting. Harris found a way to move up and damage the leader, but hasn't found a way to sustain it and no one else has found a way to damage Biden.

lol bernard
 
Bernie is like the racehorse who gets passed in the homestretch, about 1 in 20 retake the lead to win. After Warren clearly passed him, his major hope to retake his position over her will take a major mistake by her or something in her past showing up.

Bernie's chances are very slim now.
 
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