Democrat John Delaney Says His 2020 Campaign Geared Toward Independents

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John Delaney is a former Congressman from Maryland who's running for the Democratic presidential nomination. He first announced his candidacy almost two years ago after Donald Trump won the 2016 election, and he's been in the Granite State several times since.

Morning Edition Host Rick Ganley sat down with Delaney to chat about his candidacy and views on where the Democratic Party is headed.

You've been pretty clear that a priority for you is bipartisanship. I think that's been a real theme so far of your campaign. You've pledged to focus solely on bipartisan proposals in your first 100 days in the White House if elected. Can you tell us about your most significant achievement or something that required real negotiation as a Congressperson -- when you really reached across the aisle?

Sure. Well a great example is something I did right before I left Congress, which was to craft the only bipartisan carbon tax bill in the Congress. In other words, get Democrats and Republicans together to agree how we can actually put a price on carbon, how we give all the money back to the American people and how we actually create something that can get done that makes a big difference on climate change. So you know, I mean I was ranked the third most bipartisan member of the house. And the thing about bipartisanship, it's kind of a means to an end, right? Bipartisanship in and of itself is not a goal. What the goal is is to get things done. The goal is to actually do things that matter to the American people. And if you look back, all the great stuff we've ever done as a country has been done when we build big coalitions, and to some extent of a coalition builder.

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1. President Obama tried that. Republicans attacked him out of the gate.

If Delaney has a side that is willing to be honest and open during negotiations, then maybe his idea would work. Modern republicans are not that side.