Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren: 'I am not a' Democratic Socialist [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)to make it stronger.
You panned the ACA. Bernie had been in Congress for something like 25+ years before the ACA was passed. Why didn't he use the power of persuasion that you seem to keep saying he has to get healthcare reform passed? One of the features of our political system is that we have to work with republicans. LBJ got the Civil Rights Act passed with help from then moderate northern republicans. What we need to do is show the few sane republicans that the only way forward is for them to vote with us, I believe a good number of them did in 2018. If we tell the republicans that are doubting their party's direction or the independents that left the Republican Party because they thought that it was insane that they can go jump in a lake because they are or were republicans, we are not going to get far in changing the country for the better.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden