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Sharon Nelson, the Democratic leader in the Washington State Senate, conveyed the partys grand aspirations in an almost Trump-like phrase: A blue wall, Ms. Nelson enthused, from the Canadian border to the Mexican border.
Leading in the polls and anticipating victory, Democrats have sketched an aggressive agenda on issues where strong consensus appears to exist in the party, including new laws on gun control, contraception and environmental regulation. Ms. Nelson said she had met with the speaker of the Oregon Statehouse about enacting policy across state lines. The three states Democratic governors have spoken regularly about policy collaboration, and over the summer began coordinated talks on climate change with foreign heads of state.
Most ambitious of all, Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, harbors dreams of enacting a muscular carbon pricing plan along with California, Oregon and officials in Canada. In an interview, Mr. Inslee said the special election in Eastside Seattle could open the way for broad action, including taxing carbon but also joint initiatives on energy efficiency, research and clean water.
We intend to make a full-scale effort in the next session of the legislature if we win, he said. It will be a bell in the night, showing hope for the country, rejecting the Trump agenda of denying climate science.
A coastal alliance, Mr. Inslee added, especially at a time when cities such as Seattle and Portland, Ore., and throughout California are booming economically, would help make the case to a national audience that addressing climate change through energy policy is good for business and job creation.
Leading in the polls and anticipating victory, Democrats have sketched an aggressive agenda on issues where strong consensus appears to exist in the party, including new laws on gun control, contraception and environmental regulation. Ms. Nelson said she had met with the speaker of the Oregon Statehouse about enacting policy across state lines. The three states Democratic governors have spoken regularly about policy collaboration, and over the summer began coordinated talks on climate change with foreign heads of state.
Most ambitious of all, Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, harbors dreams of enacting a muscular carbon pricing plan along with California, Oregon and officials in Canada. In an interview, Mr. Inslee said the special election in Eastside Seattle could open the way for broad action, including taxing carbon but also joint initiatives on energy efficiency, research and clean water.
We intend to make a full-scale effort in the next session of the legislature if we win, he said. It will be a bell in the night, showing hope for the country, rejecting the Trump agenda of denying climate science.
A coastal alliance, Mr. Inslee added, especially at a time when cities such as Seattle and Portland, Ore., and throughout California are booming economically, would help make the case to a national audience that addressing climate change through energy policy is good for business and job creation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/us/washington-state-west-politics-democrats.html
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Poised for West Coast Dominance, Democrats Eye Grand Agenda (Original Post)
ismnotwasm
Nov 2017
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ismnotwasm
(41,955 posts)1. Kick
For people who want to know what Democrats are doing
Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)2. K & R...for visibility...
Love the sound of that.
mcar
(42,278 posts)3. No Democrats in disarray here!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)4. Thank you. Very inspirational! n/t
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)5. Democrats need to recruit
Good candidates to run. They are already working on just that.
For those who try to blame President Obama for the DNC going to pot need to remember the President had a huge job trying to clean up the Republican mess. He did that,along with getting as much of a health care bill passed as he could.
Thanks to Lieberman,Grassley and Max Baucus, who held up the bill we do not have Single Payer.
Those in charge of the DNC are responsible. Donna Brazile was one of those who drove it in the ditch.
President Obamas was a success at his job.
brer cat
(24,513 posts)6. K&R