https://theintercept.com/2019/11/15/pete-buttigieg-campaign-black-voters/
The blowback came immediately. Devine, who has not endorsed a candidate yet in the presidential election, told The Intercept that she did not intend her support for the plan to be read as an endorsement for Buttigieg’s candidacy, and believes the campaign was “intentionally vague” about the way it was presented.
“Clearly from the number of calls I received about my endorsement, I think the way they put it out there wasn’t clear, that it was an endorsement of the plan, and that may have been intentionally vague. I’m political, I know how that works,” she said. “I do think they probably put it out there thinking people wouldn’t read the fine print or wouldn’t look at the details or even contact the people and say, ‘Hey, you’re endorsing Mayor Pete?’”
Asked if she knew if any of the black supporters of the plan were also supporters of Buttigieg, she said she wasn’t sure. “The only ones I really knew were me and Rep. Thigpen,” she said. “I don’t know many — actually, now that I think about it, other than the folks working on Mayor Pete’s campaign, I don’t know of any local elected officials who have endorsed him yet.”
Thigpen, meanwhile, has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president, and was startled when he learned the campaign had not only attached his name to the plan, but also listed him as one of three prominent supporters atop the letter.
“How it was rolled out was not an accurate representation of where I stand,” Thigpen told The Intercept. “I didn’t know about its rolling out. Somebody brought it to my attention, and it was alarming to me, because even though I had had conversations with the campaign, it was clear to me, or at least I thought I made it clear to them, that I was a strong Bernie Sanders supporter — actually co-chair of the state, and I was not seeking to endorse their candidate or the plan. But what I had talked about was potentially giving them a quote of support in continuing the conversation, because I do think it’s a very important conversation.”
This campaign keeps stepping on rakes in SC. The cost of pissing people off seems much greater than whatever they were hoping to get by announcing the "endorsements."
Well if the Republicans won’t like it we better not try
You don't think this hands the GOP a midterm 2022 agenda?
hmm...
haha well at least warren is trying, my point here being it seems like she's unnecessarily conceding ground
still more clever than an ITC gotcha
still more clever than an ITC gotcha
candidate bargains against self 14 months before getting inaugurated
Yeah I suppose my concern with this strategy is it seems to acknowledge the fact that nobody is going to pass M4A next term, and stakes out a more moderate position to begin bargaining with conservatives over.
Anyway, it'll appease rj, I hope, and everybody else who loves their private insurance.
There will be no premiums for kids under 18 and people at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. For individuals above 200% FPL, premiums will gradually scale as a percentage of income and are capped at 5.0% of their income. Starting in year one, the plan will not have a deductible — meaning everyone gets first dollar coverage, and cost sharing will be zero for people at or below 200% FPL. Cost sharing will scale modestly for individuals at or above that level, with caps on out-of-pocket costs. In subsequent years, premiums and cost sharing for all participants in this plan will gradually decrease to zero.
Reality is a biotch.
But Townie thinks you can effectively change 1/7 of our economy (which would the fifth biggest economy in the world) overnight or with a magic wand, because he wants it to be that way.
Must change now! and his way only!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Fuck it all! It doesn't matter if we get to where he wants to be quicker and easier, it has to he HIS way and only HIS way! Fuck reality!!!
In the last two months or so, we’ve seen Pete carve out a space between Sanders/Warren and Biden. Now we are seeing Warren carve a space between Sanders and Pete.
More moderate than M4A, sure, but that's a high bar. This is still a big change, and the relatively modest cost sharing seems in line with other OECD countries.
Very normal 60+ year old person posting here.