Thread by @chrisjacobsHC

THREAD: This @sarahkliff piece demonstrates what a big problem @ewarren has on health care, and #SinglePayer in particular.

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@sarahkliff @ewarren First off, the story's very existence shows the problem. Campaign strategists only ask reporters to write these stories when they're trying to prove how smart their candidate is -- because everyone thinks their candidate just made a huge error... 2/

@sarahkliff @ewarren Second, @sarahkliff says on the one hand that @ewarren "robbed @GOP of a potent talking point about middle-class taxes." But in the very next sentence, she admits that Warren's math only "loosely adds up" and is "mostly a values statement. 3/

@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP If it's "mostly a values statement," it's a very SPECIFIC "values statement." It will be very easy for @GOP, or Warren's Dem rivals, to find out how much revenue the plan actually generates under less-gimmicky assumptions.... 4/ thefederalist.com/2019/11/06/14-…

@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP Opponents will easily - and justifiably - claim that any gaps in @ewarren's funding plan (which @sarahkliff's piece concedes likely do exist) will get paid by the middle class, meaning Warren hasn't robbed anyone of that powerful talking point... 5/

@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP And if you think debates over middle-class tax increases aren't potent talking points, look to @Conservatives 1992 campaign against @UKLabour. John Major won an election he was supposed to lose because of Labour's "tax bombshell." 6/ markpack.org.uk/16135/labour-t…

@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP @Conservatives @UKLabour Here's a photo of @Conservatives' 1992 election flyer. I can easily see someone using a similar strategy against @ewarren's #SinglePayer proposal, based on the gimmicks in the plan she released two weeks ago... 7/
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@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP @Conservatives @UKLabour Sorry -- here's the JPG file of the 1992 advert... 8/

@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP @Conservatives @UKLabour By getting so specific, @ewarren has given her opponents every opportunity to pick apart her proposal in minute detail. Compare her strategy to @SpeakerPelosi's famous comment that "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it..." 9/

@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP @Conservatives @UKLabour @SpeakerPelosi By giving her opponents the ability to pick apart her #SinglePayer proposal, @ewarren has turned her biggest supposed strength -- her "I've got a plan" wonkiness -- into her biggest weakness... 10/ thefederalist.com/2019/11/06/14-…

@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP @Conservatives @UKLabour @SpeakerPelosi Essentially, @ewarren has just "Swift boated" herself. Just like @JohnKerry made his 2004 campaign all about his military service, so has Warren made her campaign all about her wonkiness... 11/

@sarahkliff @ewarren @GOP @Conservatives @UKLabour @SpeakerPelosi @JohnKerry But putting all his eggs in the military basket didn't work well for @JohnKerry, and putting all her eggs in the #SinglePayer basket probably won't work too well for @ewarren either. Reading through the lines of @sarahkliff's piece demonstrates that. FIN