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2020 Democratic Presidential Nominees

Deval Patrick is considering entering the race. Let's get ten more!!!!
 
Deval Patrick Is Not Ruling Out the Chance to Lose in the Democratic Primary

Were he to jump into the race, he’d have some significant obstacles to overcome before inevitably exiting, among them getting a fundraising operation going, and gaining ground against its current frontrunners: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and fellow local Elizabeth Warren, who’ve each spent months campaigning and preparing for such things as the Iowa Caucus, which is in three months. He may also have to go toe-to-toe with the other candidate everyone asked for at this late stage in the game: Medford-raised billionaire Michael Bloomberg.

Patrick will not have to worry about losing Alabama on his own, as the deadline to register in that state passed last week. He has until Friday to register in New Hampshire if he hopes to get on the ballot in time to lose there.

Anyway, it’s nice to see a Massachusetts politician step into the ring for once.
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New poll has Mayor Pete leading in Iowa with 22% to Biden's 19%.

https://www.axios.com/pete-buttigie...uth-cc57b54f-0c99-4dd4-8e47-bafe127922cd.html

By the numbers: The results from Monmouth's poll (with point change from its August poll) ...

Buttigieg: 22% (+14)
Biden: 19% (-7)
Warren: 18% (-2)
Sanders: 13% (+5)
Amy Klobuchar: 5% (+2)
Kamala Harris: 3% (-9)
Tom Steyer: 3% (+0)
Andrew Yang: 3% (+2)
Cory Booker: 2% (+1)
Tulsi Gabbard: 2% (+1)
Steve Bullock: 1% (+0)
Julián Castro: 1% (+<1)
All other candidates received less than 1%
 
he's gonna get hammered at the debate for the first time
 
Strickland33 said:
Turns out midwestern rube boomers love anti-m4a Mayor Pete
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Hail to the Pete!

Four candidates are currently vying for the top spot in Iowa’s caucuses – Buttigieg (22%), Biden (19%), Warren (18%), and Sanders (13%). Compared to Monmouth’s August poll, Buttigieg has gained 14 points (up from 8%) and Sanders has gained 5 points (up from 8%), while Biden has lost 7 points (down from 26%), and Warren’s standing has changed by only 2 points (20% previously).

Buttigieg has gained ground among every major demographic group since the summer. His support stands at 26% among voters who describe themselves as moderate or conservative, 23% among those who are somewhat liberal, and 15% among those who are very liberal. He is currently in the top tier for both women (24%, to 22% for Biden, and 20% for Warren), and men (20%, to 19% for Sanders and 16% for Warren). Looking at the poll results by age, Buttigieg (26%) is nipping at Biden’s heels (29%) among voters age 65 and older. He has a slight advantage among those age 50 to 64 (24%, to 17% each for Biden and Warren), and is competitive among voters under the age of 50 (19%, to 24% for Warren and 19% for Sanders). Buttigieg leads among college graduates (24%, to 21% for Warren and 15% for Biden) and is in the top tier among those without a college degree (21%, to 21% for Biden, 18% for Sanders, and 16% for Warren).

“Buttigieg is emerging as a top pick for a wide variety of Iowa Democrats. While he has made nominally bigger gains among older caucusgoers, you really can’t pigeonhole his support to one particular group. He is doing well with voters regardless of education or ideology,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.
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https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_IA_111219/

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A serious question, it will be nice to get a serious answer.

What do you think would happen to private insurance if every person or business in America could buy into a Medicare insurance plan that will 15-30% cheaper than any private insurer could charge?

Remember this would be a policy that could easily have 150 million in the pool to keep costs even lower.
 
RJKarl said:
A serious question, it will be nice to get a serious answer.

What do you think would happen to private insurance if every person or business in America could buy into a Medicare insurance plan that will 15-30% cheaper than any private insurer could charge?

Remember this would be a policy that could easily have 150 million in the pool to keep costs even lower.
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I don’t care about private insurance. At all. It’s a racket and deserves to go the way of the dinosaurs.

What do you think the answer is?
 
I do think lefties undersell the non M4a democratic health plans. They pretty much all represent huge improvements on the status quo.
 
tiltdeac said:
I do think lefties undersell the non M4a democratic health plans. They pretty much all represent huge improvements on the status quo.
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Completely agree. I know incrementalism is a dirty word, but if it wasn't for Obamacare, we wouldn't be having the current discussion on which way to do universal health care. We spent the last 10 fighting that battle to see Obamacare go from "OMG DEATH PANELS" to the norm.
 
tiltdeac said:
I do think lefties undersell the non M4a democratic health plans. They pretty much all represent huge improvements on the status quo.
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This is encouraging to read as I respect your opinion on all things healthcare.

As a lefty, here are things I care about in a plan:

-expanding access to care
-making care more affordable for everyone

Here are things I don't care about in a plan:

-how we pay for it
-whether private health insurance companies will be hurt by it
 
TownieDeac said:
This is encouraging to read as I respect your opinion on all things healthcare.

As a lefty, here are things I care about in a plan:

-expanding access to care
-making care more affordable for everyone

Here are things I don't care about in a plan:

-how we pay for it
-whether private health insurance companies will be hurt by it
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This represents my position, as well.

Private health insurance companies can fuck right off. How many more have to suffer so we make life easier for the leeches have profit on their suffering?

I can imagine that those who feel more sympathy for private health insurance companies than people who need access to affordable health care have never watched a loved one suffer at the hands of private health insurance companies or have never gone through this process themselves.
 
BiffTannen said:
It'll pay for itself in increased worker productivity.
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Works for Pubs.

Townie and Strick, I have a tough time believing you don't care if a plan will hurt private insurance. It seems like you specifically want a plan to hurt private insurance. That's fine. Just make sure you clarify your stance because you seem to be against plans that take private insurance into account.
 
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