This reminds me that people should be aware that Warren is far from secure here in MA. Remember we firmly lean blue but tend to have Republican governors... I run across too many people who claim to lean left but still get rubbed the wrong way by her and dislike her because she is "angry and arrogant" (because women can't ever get mad, right? *eyeroll*). I mean, there are valid reasons to be critical, as we've discussed in here, but she'll be better than the options from the right. Her likely main competition is already having large near-daily events, and is completely non-threatening demeanor-wise, which could work for or against him. http://www.geoffdiehl.com/about-geoff If you want her to stay in Congress, consider giving support, even if just verbal.
Here's hoping LJ stays active enough we're able to share updates here...
I feel like even word of mouth helps! You probably have a pulse on the situation with your proximity but I feel like progressives in the rest of the country are like, "MA is safe" when it may not be as much as one thinks. Keeping up the awareness and conversations can be impactful, too, especially at this earlier stage.
while the DNC will do whatever it's members decide if they decided to go down that road I will no longer be able to say I lean Democrat if they go that far left.
No buddy, making it so that everyone has access to an essential service and making it so that corporations can't make profit of people's misery is just common sense
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Honestly, DNC reluctance to support a measure that the majority of constituents are already favorable towards is just the latest in a long line of embarrassments. But then they'll be confused and mad when they don't have jobs in 2018.
"Honestly, DNC reluctance to support a measure that the majority of constituents are already favorable towardsis just the latest in a long line of embarrassments."
Do you mean the majority of Democrats or the majority of the electorate as a whole? Just wondering, because I haven't seen any recent figures on this. I can easily agree that the majority of Democrats, progressives, basically everyone who is AT ALL left-leaning, are in that camp at this point, but I'm less sure about everybody else, lol.
I definitely see the tide turning, and I hope we really are at a point where single payer can become a reality sooner rather than later. The sooner, the better!
The majority of Americans when polled think it's the governments job to provide healthcare and single payer is increasingly popular among Americans generally and largely already favored by Democrats specifically. Basically, we're being told by folks within the DNC that this is some radical socialist outlier of a healthcare option that they can't push for even though the majority of their own base wants it and many independents and third-party folks also are on board with it. This is as out of touch as in 2016 when people all across the country were making strides fighting for a $15 minimum wage and the democratic candidate at the time was going "how about $12?"
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This reminds me that people should be aware that Warren is far from secure here in MA. Remember we firmly lean blue but tend to have Republican governors... I run across too many people who claim to lean left but still get rubbed the wrong way by her and dislike her because she is "angry and arrogant" (because women can't ever get mad, right? *eyeroll*). I mean, there are valid reasons to be critical, as we've discussed in here, but she'll be better than the options from the right. Her likely main competition is already having large near-daily events, and is completely non-threatening demeanor-wise, which could work for or against him.
http://www.geoffdiehl.com/about-geoff
If you want her to stay in Congress, consider giving support, even if just verbal.
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I feel like even word of mouth helps! You probably have a pulse on the situation with your proximity but I feel like progressives in the rest of the country are like, "MA is safe" when it may not be as much as one thinks. Keeping up the awareness and conversations can be impactful, too, especially at this earlier stage.
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You really have no idea what far left means, if you think single payer is far left.
My sister lives in England. She can't stop talking about how awesome the NHS is.
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Nationalization of a industry is far left.
My sister lives in England. She can't stop talking about how awesome the NHS is.
So?
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"Honestly, DNC reluctance to support a measure that the majority of constituents are already favorable towardsis just the latest in a long line of embarrassments."
Do you mean the majority of Democrats or the majority of the electorate as a whole? Just wondering, because I haven't seen any recent figures on this. I can easily agree that the majority of Democrats, progressives, basically everyone who is AT ALL left-leaning, are in that camp at this point, but I'm less sure about everybody else, lol.
I definitely see the tide turning, and I hope we really are at a point where single payer can become a reality sooner rather than later. The sooner, the better!
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Thanks for the info!
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