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Sogo

(7,323 posts) Tue Jul 1, 2025, 05:16 PM Jul 2025

I think Dems should immediately start campaigning on Universal Healthcare/Medicare-for-All as a runup to 2026. [View all]

It should be central to all their campaigning.

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I think Dems should immediately start campaigning on Universal Healthcare/Medicare-for-All as a runup to 2026. [View all] Sogo Jul 2025 OP

Great Idea yankee87 Jul 2025 #1

Yes, exactly. Sogo Jul 2025 #4

Agree with you 100%. erronis Jul 2025 #10

Absolutely!!! Yes!! Let's make this happen!! We can do it!! wordstroken Jul 2025 #28

+1. Darn sure ought to start running on Democratic Project 2026/2028. Merely criticizing trump ain't gonna help us win. Silent Type Jul 2025 #2

Another way to do this is to get behind a "shadow cabinet" that can present a unified view erronis Jul 2025 #12

That would require a level of organization never known to Democrats. TomSlick Jul 2025 #29

Agree - herding cats. But we're fighting an enemy who is much more disciplined. erronis Jul 2025 #33

We are who we are. TomSlick Jul 2025 #34

You have to votes...first we have to fix what the GOP broke. WE need a strong Demsrule86 Jul 2025 #3

You just lost us the election. Jirel Jul 2025 #30

Too scary. They can't possibly do that! *pearlclutch* HelpImSurrounded Jul 2025 #5

Agreed blueinredLa Jul 2025 #6

dems have so much against them et tu Jul 2025 #7

and they should anchor that message... GiqueCee Jul 2025 #8

You'd have to get them all on the same page about that first. Good luck! WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #9

Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2025 #11

Yup. The time is ripe for a progressive agenda Joinfortmill Jul 2025 #13

IF ONLY... MrChuck Jul 2025 #14

Relitigating the 2016 primary? Why? comradebillyboy Jul 2025 #35

They tried Mountainguy Jul 2025 #40

Would be nice but it won't happen. Health insurance is a chunk of their income. Autumn Jul 2025 #15

That's over Blue Full Moon Jul 2025 #17

How so? Health insurance companies will continue to donate to these politicians. Autumn Jul 2025 #19

They needed to run on it with Harris Blue Full Moon Jul 2025 #16

This should damn well be part of the platform and the standard view by now. Karasu Jul 2025 #18

I'm in LilElf70 Jul 2025 #20

We absolutely MUST abandon the corporate overlords and return to labor. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2025 #21

100%! THE OTHER 2-PT. MESSAGE: "All Republican leaders take all that "socialism" healthcare for themselves, but deny it ancianita Jul 2025 #22

That message is too easy to attack--attacks that will resonate with a lot of the... Ol Janx Spirit Jul 2025 #23

That's why we lose. Jirel Jul 2025 #32

It's a fair point, but the moment we are in did not come out of nowhere. It is the result of a decades-long... Ol Janx Spirit Jul 2025 #37

It wont matter Hornedfrog2000 Jul 2025 #24

Highly recommended democrank Jul 2025 #25

Agree (nm) mikewv Jul 2025 #26

How long will the billionaire's tax cuts go and is there a way Tribetime Jul 2025 #27

K&R mvd Jul 2025 #31

A simple and Powerful message That AOC and Bermie have been sharing with huge, enthusiastic crowds all over the US usonian Jul 2025 #36

That, and a ten year balanced budget, paid for by taxes on elon. Volaris Jul 2025 #38

IMHO: returnee Jul 2025 #39

Yes and I believe Gov. Walz said the same. Passages Jul 2025 #41

The Public Option is a better option than Medicare for All n/t Wanderlust988 Jul 2025 #42