#313085 - 07/31/1910:58 PMRe: Is it too soon to be talking 2020?
[Re: Greger]
Jeffery J. Haas It's the Despair Quotient! Pooh-Bah
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Originally Posted By: Greger
A Sanders presidency would be an absolute hoot! It could easily usher in the Global Utopian Social Democracy that I dream of!
But so could Warren. Democratic Socialism is all about taming capitalism. Just a few interesting tweaks in taxation that would go unnoticed by most Americans could right a lot of wrongs.
At the very least, if we can wrest Senate control away from the R's and keep the House, a Sanders presidency would at least get us moving in the right direction, across the center-right, across the center and at least somewhat closer to center-left. That's the very least it might be able to accomplish. With a bit of effort, and some unity, it might accomplish much more. But the same can also be said for a Warren presidency, under similar conditions.
But it all depends on whether we can spoil Mitch McConnell's wet dreams and keep the House.
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