Listening to Donna - Two things I took away.

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1. 'She understands financial priorities.'

'Donna talked about Simpson-Bowles and when Obama was willing to put cuts to Social Security and Medicare on the table. Like raising the eligibility age, and using chained CPI to lower benefits. Van Hollen was okay with having it on the table, but Donna fought to take it off. Donna also pointed out that raising the eligibility age is especially a disservice to black men who have shorter life expectancies. The other point Donna noted was that she has been fighting trade agreements, outside or inside Congress since NAFTA. The flight of industries from Baltimore since NAFTA easily cost the city 70,000 jobs.'