Delaney slams 'half-baked socialist policies' from 2020 field's left flank

[brooklynite]

Politico

Former congressman and 2020 presidential hopeful John Delaney on Tuesday slammed the progressive proposals of his left-leaning fellow candidates, blasting policies such as the "Green New Deal" and "Medicare for All" as “fundamentally flawed.”

Asked how he planned to stand apart from those on the Democratic field's left flank on a debate stage, the relatively centrist Delaney told conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt he planned to attack the feasibility of his more liberal counterparts’ marquee proposals.

“I'm just going to point out: Their policies are bad policies,” Delaney, who until earlier this year represented Western Maryland in Congress, said. “Medicare for All — in terms of the bill that’s been introduced in the Senate — is fundamentally bad health care policy. Putting aside we have no way of paying for it, even if we were able to pay for it, it still would be bad policy.”

Delaney is not the only Democrat running for president who’s been skeptical of moving to a single-payer health system like Medicare for All, nor has he been shy about his opposition to his fellow Democrats' embrace of a larger role for the federal government. The former congressman did not mince words on another ambitious proposal that has divided Democrats: the Green New Deal, which calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2030 and attempts to anticipate the shock wave such a drastic transition would send through the economy.

peanuts! popcorn!

[NYMinute]

1. K&R

[RobertDevereaux]

2. Ah, what a gem is THIS gentleman!

[Autumn]

3. So really, he's only running to slam progressives (eg Bernie* and Liz) and their campaign platforms.

Gee. I wonder why he decided to do that.
* mainly Bernie

[crazytown]

4. He is going to save us from 'trainwreck' socialism

from the bully pulpit of his trainwreck campaign. :not impressed: