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I give you a lot of credit PP

HSG — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:28:26 +0000

In reply to Testament

I give you a lot of credit PP. You have put together the strongest case I have seen for a third term for the Clintons. I think you over-credit Bill and Hillary for positive aspects of US society in 92-00 and you under-blame them for significant problems that we've experienced since he took office. But you make a good case as far as you go.

As I repeatedly note, Sanders

rmrd0000 — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:26:32 +0000

In reply to Testament

As I repeatedly note, Sanders is running as the anti-Obama. Obama was a failed, disappointing President. We had Eddie S. Glaude Jr's "Democracy in Black", Tavis Smiley's "The Covenant with Black America - Ten Years Later", Micheal Eric Dyson's "The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America", and now Bill Press and his book "Buyer's Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down". All the author's note how Obama, like Clinton, let them down. Obama failed. They do mention the wingnuts, but the fact that we are not a Progressive Paradise is Obama's fault.

Sanders puts Obama hyper-critic Cornel West front and center at his rallies. Ben Jealous, the former head of the NAACP, says Obama is not Progressive enough. This from the guy who led an organization that didn't accept Gay marriage until President Obama led the way. Hilarious.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/us/politics/naacp-endorses-same-sex-ma...

"supports the argument that

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:16:11 +0000

In reply to Seems mostly right

"supports the argument that Hillarycare couldn't have been negotiated ,it had to be imposed." - Robert Byrd (D) refused to let Bill pass healthcare in a reconciliation bill. Obama tried passing it without... and after 2 years passed it in a reconciliation bill (wasting a year when he could have passed something else major in reconciliation - only get 1 initiative/chance per year). Of course I'm not denying she made some mistakes - as did others around her. Just funny how she gets to wear the anchor alone.

Seems mostly right

Flavius — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:46:25 +0000

In reply to Testament

Seems mostly right

I differ with you about Hillarycare . I was convinced by Brad DeLong that she mismanaged not its design but the politics of its implementation. But I don't consider that as necessarily an example of a fatal personality flaw. Our subsequent experience with Obamacare's introduction and (lack of) bi partisan acceptance supports the argument that Hillarycare couldn't have been negotiated ,it had to be imposed.

Finally, for myself I support Hillary because she's electable and Bernie isn't. . Unless she the democratic candidate the next president will either be one of the scary assortment of Republicans or - if we're lucky- Bloomberg.

I admire Bernie , I wish the country was ready to accept his ideas. It isn't. . .