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In reply to the discussion: Obama Had a Green New Deal, and It Worked. Let's Do That Again. [View all]A "win" is the first step in the solution, isn't it? If it doesn't 'win' then we are no further than where we started.
No, it's the LAST step.
Oh, so it's that simple. And Obama neglected to do any of that. Got it. Especially now when any Democrat who works toward building political consensus is trashed as "capitulating" and a "third way shill."
First of all, I didn't say any of that. Second of all, no it isn't easy. "We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard".
In this world sometimes the choice isn't between "very evil bad" and "very good" it's between "not doable and nothing gets done" and "doable and some things get done."
And sometimes things are so bad it's a choice between succeeding and failing. Right now we are failing, and it is getting worse every day. Proposing things that aren't going to actually accomplish anything meaningful isn't going to help. It's going to interfere with working on those things that WILL work. And we don't have anytime to waste at all.
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So tell us what would have "created the kind of reversals that were and are needed"
ehrnst
May 2019
#4
Actually, many things Obama did worked. Did you read the article at all before responding?
ehrnst
May 2019
#7
"Because working on a politically achievable policy that isn't a solution is a waste of time. "
ehrnst
May 2019
#37
Legislation requires more specificity as to what is mean by pursuing those goals.
ehrnst
May 2019
#11
He wanted it to get the floor so they could vote it down without hearings.
marylandblue
May 2019
#14
Yup, doing "something" that won't make a noticeable difference is worse than nothing.
marylandblue
May 2019
#23
How do we know that this one isn't, to use that suddenly taboo word, "moderate"? We know nothing....
George II
May 2019
#25
If they are not pursuing "IMPEACHMENT" at full volume 24/7 then they get trashed for not
ehrnst
May 2019
#30
Thanks for the info. I am glad there is some movement, and I'll read the bill later.
marylandblue
May 2019
#31
Thanks. Not getting the attention it deserves, even among us political junkies on DU.
marylandblue
May 2019
#33
He had a good healthcare plan, as a starter, excellent comprehensive immigration reform plan,
emmaverybo
May 2019
#27