Democratic Primaries

elleng

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Only one 2020 Democrat fully grasps the threat Trump poses. [View all]

By Greg Sargent
Opinion writer

'Is President Trump an aberration whose defeat in 2020 would allow the nation to begin rebounding toward normalcy? Or does his ascendance reflect long-running national pathologies and deeply ingrained structural economic and political problems that will intractably endure long after he’s gone?

The answer to this question — which has been thrust to the forefront by the Democratic presidential primaries — is, in a sense, both. Trump represents both a continuation of and a dramatic exacerbation of those long running pathologies and problems.

As of now, Elizabeth Warren appears to be the Democratic candidate who most fully grasps the need to take both of those aspects of the Trump threat seriously. The Massachusetts senator is, I think, offering what amounts to the most fully rounded and multidimensional response to that threat.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/08/only-one-democrat-fully-grasps-threat-trump-poses/?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Only one 2020 Democrat fully grasps the threat Trump poses. [View all] elleng May 2019 OP

Amen to that. shanny May 2019 #1

Spot on Shanny. NoMoreRepugs May 2019 #2

I'll double your "spot on." DemocracyMouse May 2019 #35

Warren IS awesome...the smartest, most qualified, feistiest candidate we've had in a very long time! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #51

Triple. EW, the most intelligent, committed and a (Prairie) Populist appalachiablue May 2019 #53

Win or Lose zipplewrath May 2019 #29

+1 shanny May 2019 #37

The major problem is the Republicans' determination to create an Authoritarian Presidency. olegramps May 2019 #40

Well said... and we must fight it, clear-eyed, with all hands on deck. DemocracyMouse May 2019 #57

'There is no "politically inconvenient" clause in the Constitution. crazytown May 2019 #3

+1 n/t Laelth May 2019 #4

Yes! Impeach ASAP! Duppers May 2019 #6

K&R Kurt V. May 2019 #5

Yes, because the other 20+ are all dumber than rocks, Hortensis May 2019 #7

:sarcasm: I hope. elleng May 2019 #8

No, I'm totally sincere. My inner Dunning-Kruger Hortensis May 2019 #11

Warren is taking the lead. crazytown May 2019 #9

Yes like she always has. mountain grammy May 2019 #10

She is fearless not fooled May 2019 #22

Agree. But that's going to get lost in non-starter policies like free college. MadDAsHell May 2019 #12

She would slaughter t in a numbers debate... backtoblue May 2019 #25

Bad assumptions zipplewrath May 2019 #28

Impeachment in our only hope of stopping tRump's overthrow of the Republic. Texin May 2019 #13

Oh, for god's sake; no, it isn't. LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #23

Sure, it's "the Dems" responsibility to Progressive dog May 2019 #50

Warren is fantastic. zentrum May 2019 #14

100% "Warren has a plan for that" bkz she fully understands our deep systemic problems stuffmatters May 2019 #48

Yup. She's got zentrum May 2019 #63

Yes,I find Warren the one most morally, ideologically, intell'y capable of a 21st C New Deal. stuffmatters May 2019 #64

we MUST sweep all GOP out of power, and empower Warren and others EveHammond13 May 2019 #15

How will we do this...the Senate is a longshot...easy to say hard to do. But we must try of course. Demsrule86 May 2019 #18

Impeachmennt is a political act and political consequences as in losing the 2020 election must be Demsrule86 May 2019 #16

Trump is merely the symptom HopeAgain May 2019 #17

It's systemic loyalsister May 2019 #43

K & R SunSeeker May 2019 #19

Yes, Warren is great at cutting to the chase and connecting with people. Liberty Belle May 2019 #20

Warren is courageous uawchild May 2019 #21

I feel myself being drawn in each time I hear her speak Politicub May 2019 #33

She gets it. She is the best. zonkers May 2019 #34

The Voice in the Wilderness... dlk May 2019 #24

And I am with her. They don't seem to grasp how severe this is. And yet, she persists. pdsimdars May 2019 #26

+1 Chin music May 2019 #45

Come on DownriverDem May 2019 #27

the pertinent parts AFAIC - bloom May 2019 #30

+10000 Celerity May 2019 #31

+1000 YES!! loyalsister May 2019 #44

The antidote to authoritarian populism is progressive populism. marylandblue May 2019 #54

Warren / Buttigieg 2020 Boomer May 2019 #59

Warren is fast becomming my #1 pick Locrian May 2019 #60

And Laurence Tribe, the Constitutional scholar at Harvard, has now joined her. pnwmom May 2019 #32

Liz is a hellcat. She takes the fight straight at The Problem. SuprstitionAintthWay May 2019 #36

That's a great ticket right there. n/t think4yourself May 2019 #39

I drool at the prospect of a Mayor Pete v. Reverend Mike nationally televised veep debate. SuprstitionAintthWay May 2019 #41

That would be an EXCELLENT ticket backtoblue May 2019 #55

Warren moved to the top of my list, watoos May 2019 #38

I would like to know how after all these Democrats in Congress read that 400+ pages of the saljr1 May 2019 #42

Warren seems to have the most detailed, nuanced, and accurate opinions on everything AdamGG May 2019 #46

That was something that bothered me too, but I'm getting over it. marylandblue May 2019 #56

Right now, she's the only Democratic frontrunner polling behind Trump AdamGG May 2019 #65

The way I see it bloom May 2019 #66

now is the time...... nt List left May 2019 #47

Thank you, Elizabeth Warren. democrank May 2019 #49

Warren puts the Constitution before winning the Presidency- that takes courage and guts Fiendish Thingy May 2019 #52

I've been saying this samplegirl May 2019 #58

I just came here to see if anyone had posted this article! nt tblue37 May 2019 #61

IOW, the Republican Party has rejected Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #62