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Thinking some more about how @ewarren seems to be gaining ground by proposing concrete policies. Political pundits often prefer to talk about "character" rather than policy – but policy is often the best way to judge character 1/ nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/…
I wrote about this a lot during the Bush years: W's dishonesty on taxes and Social Security was a clear clue that he would be the kind of guy who would take us to war on false pretenses. 2/ nytimes.com/2005/10/14/opi…
Similarly, the policy nonsense of pundit favorites like Marco Rubio were a strong indicator that they would be the moral failures they have proved in the Trump era 3/ krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/pol…
And of course Trump's empty promises -- he'd create a vastly superior health care system, a wondrous new infrastructure program, with never a hint about how – were as much indicators of who he was as his obvious personal scandals 4/
I have no idea how the Dem primary will work out. Maybe Biden's vague image as a likable guy will carry him through; maybe if he stumbles, Sanders's name recognition and combativeness will do it; but Warren is actually showing how she would govern, and that's hugely refreshing 5/
