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In reply to the discussion: Bernie will probably run, unless some other candidate credibly champions "Medicare for all". [View all]still_one
(94,956 posts)28. Elizabeth Warren, a DEMOCRAT, is at least one of those candidates, and there will be more DEMOCRATS
running who will also run on it
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Bernie will probably run, unless some other candidate credibly champions "Medicare for all". [View all]
redgreenandblue
Jan 2019
OP
It isn't. But it is a position that will likely be represented in the 2020 field in some form.
redgreenandblue
Jan 2019
#10
You know you don't start bargaining with the position you are willing to accept, right?
shanny
Jan 2019
#64
Hell in that case start with MFA and paid sick leave, anything else is too low
uponit7771
Jan 2019
#83
it isn't the end of the conversation. Bernie is just one person advocating for one thing.
aikoaiko
Jan 2019
#15
Implication of false dichotomy, it's not either or we can have both. I'm no stuck on MFA and wont
uponit7771
Jan 2019
#51
Well, if you have single payer, why would you need public option? But, sure.
Cuthbert Allgood
Jan 2019
#63
I don't understand why we have to marry MFA or be accused of being against universal care.
betsuni
Jan 2019
#93
There is no escaping divisiveness in a Sanders candidacy...as we have seen with the attacks
Demsrule86
Jan 2019
#14
Sorry, that dog don't hunt. Voted for him in the primary, When we had the Treasury funds to do
Crutchez_CuiBono
Jan 2019
#29
This is false on its face, Sanders is a no go from the start because of his taxes. Screw that, we...
uponit7771
Jan 2019
#33
ALL candidates will have to disclose tax returns, in some states, hopefully
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#52
"the only alternative to Hillary in a 2 person race" - And perhaps that was the main problem.
redgreenandblue
Jan 2019
#9
We'll then, he's obviously a smart candidate... time to take a serious look at JC.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2019
#26
I think recent news has spotlighted one of the big reasons so many are troubled by another Sanders
MrsCoffee
Jan 2019
#16
I still think that sanders is busy selling his poorly reviewed book and will not run
Gothmog
Jan 2019
#19
Elizabeth Warren, a DEMOCRAT, is at least one of those candidates, and there will be more DEMOCRATS
still_one
Jan 2019
#28
Bernie touched a nerve when he ran in 2016 and millions of Americans responded positively to
jalan48
Jan 2019
#38
Yeah, but it was the same nerve for the left that Trump was for the right /nt
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#40
I doubt Bernie would get elected if he ran as an independent and I don't believe he will be another
jalan48
Jan 2019
#47
Sanders has made working together impossible with his continued attacks on Democrats
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#49
seriously what does that even mean. There are vast differences here, and trying to equate them
JCanete
Jan 2019
#70
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's a new line of attack on Bernie and Progressives.
jalan48
Jan 2019
#84
And then millions of others voted for Clinton. Tough for some to accept this fact.
brooklynite
Jan 2019
#77
oh I see, you're the arbiter of such matters? Why'd you let him run last time? nt
JCanete
Jan 2019
#72
Because we mistakenly believed that he would make his points and then bow out when it was clear that
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#74
I hope we have a full line up of progressive democrats running for office...including,
ProgLibDem
Jan 2019
#53