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In reply to the discussion: Hillary will be the nominee two years hence. Not Warren. Not Sanders. [View all]Tweedy
(1,284 posts)And president Clinton repealed Glass-Steagall, signed Doma and did not shift the culture wars toward progress. Yet, I agree overall, he was a good president. President Obama is a transformative president and I can list pell grants, student loans & etc. for both of them. Remember president Obama and his 3 month supermajority rid us of banks profiting on student debt. He and democrats made extraordinary investments in our future with the stimulus (with help from a very few republicans) and finally brought us health care reform. He also won with the largest majorities since president Eisenhower which helped him achieve great things. That short supermajority is dang important. Yet, this debate is misplaced here since both are democrats and neither will be on the presidential ballot again.
The point is we have an election right around the corner and it is not the presidential election. Use those street fighting skills you like to win this one please. Then perhaps we can get some more problems fixed after the GOP loses before returning to street fighting again. Success in elections and then in legislation will shake this right wing fever free, and that success will be much harder to achieve if we lose the senate. All over this country, people tell me they want to see problems fixed. The only problems we fix by ignoring this election in favor of the next
all belong rightly to the Republican Party.