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LAS14

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70. Right. Climate change won't wait. Go for broke. And it is a....

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:04 AM

Oct 2019

....<can't thinkg of the right word..... "positive" "helpful" (both too cheerful)>, that the wealth gap is occurring at the same time. On its own it wouldn't command the "now or never" response that climate change does, but since they are both facing us, let's address them both with big ideas, the only kind that will work at this point in history.

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

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Robert Reich: Why 2020 Won't Be Won By Centrists [View all] progressoid Oct 2019 OP

Robert Reich nails it once again! Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #1

He sure does... bold progressive ideas beat a moderate incremental agenda every time!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #51

I will stick with Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #55

Congrats to your candidate!! I love Andrew Yang... he's making quite an impressive showing. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #56

Trump wins then...because a a progressive won't win the states we need in the EC. Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #2

Yep, worked so well for HRC in 2016. HerbChestnut Oct 2019 #3

Better than............. George II Oct 2019 #14

Yours is an accurate example of the logical fallacy 'Denying the Antecedent' LanternWaste Oct 2019 #16

This is fearmongering. Trump will never win WI, MI and PA. vsrazdem Oct 2019 #5

Not true. He has a very good chance of winning all three states. HerbChestnut Oct 2019 #10

And there's the back of the t-shirt LanternWaste Oct 2019 #17

You talking about the start of this subthread? Lordquinton Oct 2019 #27

One million donors, maybe. roody Oct 2019 #30

As someone who really really likes Biden.... TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #23

Warren Made More Speeches in WI in October 2016 Than Hillary Clinton DrFunkenstein Oct 2019 #7

I generally agree TheRealNorth Oct 2019 #22

If only there were some way we could test a centrist versus trump in those states... Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2019 #8

That will probably be called the 2020 general election, albeit with different results from 2016. Celerity Oct 2019 #13

"This is troubling for Bernie." LanternWaste Oct 2019 #18

LOL vsrazdem Oct 2019 #28

Do you think by repeating this BS ad nauseum it will make it true? Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #9

Sanders and Warren beat Trump in 2/3 rust belt states currently Fiendish Thingy Oct 2019 #26

Sanders maybe...he has ties to Wisconsin...but Warren no. She will not win the EC college...it will Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #46

Your opinion is not backed by evidence Fiendish Thingy Oct 2019 #54

I'm sure if our nominee spends time campaigning in WI, PA,and MI the states known as the Autumn Oct 2019 #66

Big K&R Newest Reality Oct 2019 #4

In the grand scheme of things, a so-called centrist like Biden is not a centrist. Progressives, who emmaverybo Oct 2019 #6

Sorry but it's not the liberals who pushed things out of whack Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #12

I don't appreciate the shaming. I am a liberal, life-long, and so is Biden. Biden's plans and his emmaverybo Oct 2019 #19

Biden is a life long liberal? progressoid Oct 2019 #25

Yes. I will leave it at that except to say that he was instrumental in same-sex marriage becoming emmaverybo Oct 2019 #36

That's a fine definition. progressoid Oct 2019 #39

We see it differently. Agree it is a good definition. emmaverybo Oct 2019 #41

Obama also opposed same sex marriage and it was Biden who convinced him...and yes Biden is a Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #47

I used your own words Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #52

Roosevelt supported Dem4Life1102 Oct 2019 #40

Oh god grief. Lincoln supported keeping slavery if it saved the Union Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #50

Democracy and freedom? Dem4Life1102 Oct 2019 #60

Robert Reich always says that every election cycle and is proven wrong. BlueMississippi Oct 2019 #11

"always"? crazytown Oct 2019 #59

He later criticized Obama as well BlueMississippi Oct 2019 #61

I thought we were discussing election cycles. crazytown Oct 2019 #62

Reich hasn't been very positive toward Democrats ever since he left Bill Clinton's cabinet. George II Oct 2019 #15

Attack the messenger right? Lordquinton Oct 2019 #29

If the messenger isn't correct yes. Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #42

+1 oasis Oct 2019 #58

Have you looked at the overall messages this "messenger" has been giving us? George II Oct 2019 #63

He is not a messenger of a fact; he is giving his opinion treestar Oct 2019 #82

I and others have been working to turn Texas blue for a very long time Gothmog Oct 2019 #73

Joe Biden the liberal.. straight up.. liberal. Peacetrain Oct 2019 #20

+1000,000 emmaverybo Oct 2019 #37

Since when did we get so cowardly? Doremus Oct 2019 #21

The incrementalism problem isn't Bettie Oct 2019 #38

Absolutely. Wish the more fearful of our party would take a step back Doremus Oct 2019 #64

It is called political realism...people won't vote for MFA and we will lose the election and all the Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #48

Uh huh. Doremus Oct 2019 #65

Wrong...it has been the left's inability to realize they are not the majority that cost Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #67

Insert the word "repuke" for every instance of "left" or "liberal" and you'll be somewhat closer Doremus Oct 2019 #79

There is no such thing as a centrist on our side right now. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #24

The earth won't survive more centrism. Radical change is coming, not a return to some mythical jalan48 Oct 2019 #31

Sure it is... Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #49

Right. Climate change won't wait. Go for broke. And it is a.... LAS14 Oct 2019 #70

K&R Ponietz Oct 2019 #32

Robert Reich PhoenixDem Oct 2019 #33

+1000 Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #35

Reich is not only a good explainer bigtime Oct 2019 #34

He should stick to his cartoons Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Oct 2019 #44

Clinton's former Labor Secretary is right, and Biden is both the electability and ideas candidate. gulliver Oct 2019 #45

Biden still takes Corporate Money Duckandcover Oct 2019 #53

And a big who cares...Warren will take corporate money too...and the reason will be she needs Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #68

You must have missed her announcement on Wednesday Duckandcover Oct 2019 #71

Reich is a joke. For NAFTA, then against it, etc. Hoyt Oct 2019 #57

As Elizabeth says, our problems are bigger than Donald Trump. LAS14 Oct 2019 #69

Joe Biden is the most electable candidate that the Democratic Party has available Gothmog Oct 2019 #72

Robert Reich: Odds are against Dem takeover of House 10/31/2018 Jose Garcia Oct 2019 #74

Not just wrong, but extremely. Hortensis Oct 2019 #75

Thank you. You get to the distinction in this flawed labeling. Mainstream liberals are NOT emmaverybo Oct 2019 #77

+1000. I am OD'd Big time on people, Hortensis Oct 2019 #78

Amen. Glad he included the bit about what led to Trump... polichick Oct 2019 #76

I'm old school...just my two cents pecosbob Oct 2019 #80

2018 was, no? treestar Oct 2019 #81