I just watched a @majorityfm interview where the guest argued that the differences between Sanders and Warren don't matter, because neither will be able to pass progressive policy. So wrong!
His reasoning? Because senators are only elected every 6 years, and there are only...
His reasoning? Because senators are only elected every 6 years, and there are only...
...14 cosponsors of M4A, so he can't see how a policy like that, or any other that needs Congressional approval, could ever pass. Here's what he doesn't see.
Bernie has done this before. When he was elected as mayor in 1981, the entire city council (both Dems and Repubs)...
Bernie has done this before. When he was elected as mayor in 1981, the entire city council (both Dems and Repubs)...
shut him down. They refused to approve of anything he proposed, even denying his appointments to city positions like treasurer and his own secretary. So he took a three pronged approach, which I'm sure he will take as President. The three prongs:
1 Pass everything you can without approval
2 Publicly call out everything they are doing (all the good policies they won't allow you to pass)
3 Work with your coalition partners to elect people who WILL support your policies.
This approach worked amazingly in Burlington:
2 Publicly call out everything they are doing (all the good policies they won't allow you to pass)
3 Work with your coalition partners to elect people who WILL support your policies.
This approach worked amazingly in Burlington:
They replaced almost half the city council just one year later, he passed incredible policies, and was reelected 3 other times. So now it's up to us to imagine how this will work when he's president.
Look up Day One Agenda prospect.org/day-one-agenda to see all the things...
Look up Day One Agenda prospect.org/day-one-agenda to see all the things...
...President Sanders could accomplish with no help from Congress. These including canceling student debt, breaking up the big banks, divesting from fossil fuels, lowering drug prices, and much MUCH more. But that's not even the best part.
Bernie would be the head of the...
Bernie would be the head of the...
...Democratic Party. He has already said that he will ban corporate contributions to the party. Could he pass rules saying that members of the Dems can't take corporate money? Could he kick elected officials out of the party who take corporate money? That would...
...change who votes for M4A right quick. And we know Bernie isn't afraid to shake things up.
Combine that with how he will call out every member of Congress for voting against what they American people want, and then add in the wave of new Senators and Reps who will...
Combine that with how he will call out every member of Congress for voting against what they American people want, and then add in the wave of new Senators and Reps who will...
...get elected in 2020 & 2022, and you have a YUGE sea change in terms of what policies can be passed.
Warren has told elites that she won't upset the apple cart. She would never take the bold steps we need to wrest the Dem Party back from corporate control. Only Bernie can.
Warren has told elites that she won't upset the apple cart. She would never take the bold steps we need to wrest the Dem Party back from corporate control. Only Bernie can.
