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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Bidens defends his Vision of how to get things done against Warrens indirect attacks
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-vision-iowa_n_5dbe3cb6e4b0fffdb0f7d74esni//
The vision I have for this country, theres nothing small about it. It is like going to the moon, Biden told supporters in Des Moines, as he hit the high points of a policy slate that would increase the federal governments spending and scope on everything from health care to the climate crisis.
Without naming Warren, the former vice president said his ideas such as a public option to compete alongside private health insurance, as opposed to Warrens Medicare-for-All plan run altogether by the government actually set the progressive standard in 2020 for a simple reason: Theyre more achievable.
Im not promising anything crazy, Biden said. But its a vision a vision of how we can get things done.
With reporters afterward, Biden zeroed in on Warrens estimated $20 trillion price tag for the first decade of single-payer insurance. Getting that plan through, even in a Democratic Congress, Biden predicted, would be difficult.
Bidens latest volleys came barely 12 hours after Warren used Iowa Democrats annual fundraising gala to draw sharp distinctions in the Democratic field, though she, like Biden, avoided naming opponents.
Anyone who comes on this stage and tells you to dream small and give up early is not going to lead our party to victory, the Massachusetts senator told thousands of voters sporting t-shirts and waving signs as their preferred candidates took turns on center stage at a downtown Des Moines arena Friday night.
Even if some people in our party dont want to admit it, Warren argued, the nation is in a time of crisis not just because of Trumps divisiveness but more so because of an economic and political system rigged against the working class. If the most we can promise is business as usual after Donald Trump, Warren said, then Democrats will lose.
The senator doubled-down Saturday, insisting in Vinson, Iowa, that sweeping plans are good politics and perhaps necessary to upend Trump. We need big ideas to inspire people, to get them to turn out for the caucuses, to turn out and vote, Warren said.
Asked hours later, after an event in Dubuque, if she was suggesting candidates like Biden werent being ambitious enough, Warren responded: Nope. Im just out here talking about what Im running on.
Im talking about my vision for what it means to build an America going forward that doesnt just work for a thin slice at the top, but an America that works for everyone, she said.
Still, at the very least, Bidens reaction suggests frustration over Warrens apparent momentum, even as he and his aides maintain that his philosophical approach will be successful among both Democratic primary voters and the general electorate.
Bidens proposals, to be clear, put him to the left of recent Democratic nominees, including Hillary Clinton in 2016. But on most points, he falls short of the proposals on the left flank that Warren and her fellow progressive, Sen. Bernie Sanders, have set.
Rather than obliterate private insurance, Biden touts a government plan to compete alongside private firms. Rather than government covering all four-year college tuition, Biden pushes two years a taxpayer-paid tuition. On climate, he backs most long-term goals of the lefts Green New Deal, but on a longer timeline and with an initially less aggressive crackdown on the fossil fuel industry.
Its made to look like Well, Biden is coming off with some moderate proposal, Biden said Saturday. Theres nothing moderate about making sure everyone has health care. Theres nothing moderate about getting to net-zero emissions. Theres nothing moderate about fundamentally changing the school system in America so we can effectively complete in the 20th century.
The difference in his proposals, Biden argued: I tell you straight up how were going to pay for it and how much its going to cost and how its going to get done.
The dynamics Biden faces were crystallized as young climate activists interrupted him and chided him for not doing enough to take on the oil and gas industry. Let her speak, the candidate said as his supporters tried to drown out one of the activists.
Yet as the small group chanted, sang and ultimately departed, Biden grew more frustrated.
If youll notice, they left before I answered her question, he said. This is what is going on thats wrong with our party right now. Everything is taken in contexts that are not accurate.
As his voice calmed, he sought again to widen his appeal.
The way we win is we unify, we come together as Democrats, he said. We all have basically the same hopes and dreams. The question is, practically, how we get there. But its not a lack of vision.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Bidens defends his Vision of how to get things done against Warrens indirect attacks (Original Post)
UncleNoel
Nov 2019
OP
I believe in Joe Biden, and I believe in his vision for the country. I just wish I had the....
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2019
#5
He got over five million in grassroots donations in October. We have his b ack!
UncleNoel
Nov 2019
#6
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)1. Great article! Solid ideas that are doable
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)2. Thanks!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(48,730 posts)3. Thanks, UncleNoel! Biden's exactly right in everything he said there.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,913 posts)4. I like Biden's plan to not tear down ACA
but build on it!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)5. I believe in Joe Biden, and I believe in his vision for the country. I just wish I had the....
resources to help out his campaign. It would be a blow if he had to drop out due to lack of funds. If he can make it to the general, I have no doubt he'll have the money he needs to take on The Orange One. I would love to see a Biden/Beto ticket, but I realize that a ticket with two white men is a non starter for this point in time.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
UncleNoel
(864 posts)6. He got over five million in grassroots donations in October. We have his b ack!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)8. Just a year or two ago, I would have had his back as well. Thank goodness for those who still can.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Peacetrain
(22,836 posts)7. YES! We can get this done!! Stand up America!!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)9. "If you'll notice, they left before I answered her question"
Yep. This happens too often with climate 'activists'.
Let her speak, the candidate said as his supporters tried to drown out one of the activists. Joe was acting as a gentleman, the 'activists' in bad faith.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided