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caraher

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11. I think Warren has Bernie's upsides with fewer negatives
Mon Feb 24, 2020, 11:23 PM
Feb 2020

Both will have enthusiastic supporters in an election we win by turning out our voters, who are more numerous than the Republicans. Warren gave Bloomberg a taste of what she can do to Trump in a debate. She carries a populist message similar to Bernie's without self-identifying as a socialist (which too many will translate, out of either malice or ignorance, into "communist" ). I think it does matter that she actually has pretty firm answers to give regarding estimates costs and revenue streams associated with her policy ideas.

Warren can be exciting without being too polarizing. I think she and Bernie attract somewhat different sets of independents. Bernie probably does have a shot at the folks who voted for Trump because they were just looking to shake things up. Warren will appeal to folks in the middle who are looking for change and a leader who is willing to be pragmatic about how to make it happen.

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

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