Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Pete: "Normalcy" got us where we are today. [View all]marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Like reforming the Supreme Court. Warren and Sanders are proposing a fundamental restructuring of the economy. Biden himself is proposing a massive new investment in green technology that is both more ambitious than any prior President's, and the least ambitious of the proposals being made by current candidates.
Thanks to Obama, all the candidates are proposing more ambitious health care plans than he did, with the only argument being between those who want single-payer now and those who think it will come later.
That's just proposals off the top of my head.
Should I go on about all the differences between now and 2008, let alone the 1960s? How can you even compare Obama to LBJ? Transgender wasn't even a thing in the 1960s and people didn't walk around with a computer in their pocket.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden