Why Mayor Pete Enrages the Young Left
Interesting read from Politico that, I think, for the most part hits in the nail on the head here why Pete's support is almost entirely from older voters. TL;DR -- it isn't just one thing.
I don't know if I qualify as being part of the demo they're profiling. I'm in my late 30s -- that inbetween "xennial" generation -- but I am fairly Left-leaning. I don't loathe Pete the way many of my contemporaries (in their 30s and younger) do, in fact, he's my third choice behind Warren and Sanders. I don't think, as some of them do, that he's a Republican in Dem's clothing, but I also am ready to aim higher (and further left) because, compromise will still inevitably be a part of the new president's first term.... so, why not start from a position much further left than Center?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 2, 2020 6:19 AM
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[quote]compromise will still inevitably be a part of the new president's first term.... so, why not start from a position much further left than Center?
Because national politics in D.C. doesn't follow the same simplistic logic as haggling in a bazaar. Besides, your approach *might* work if Dems held a comfortable majority in the Senate. The reality right now is that even if a super left president won in 2020, you'd still have to contend with a razor-thin majority - if that - in the Senate, and even some more moderate Dem senators sure as hell wouldn't play along with your ridiculously high offers, or they'd get ousted back home come the next election. So... wouldn't it be better to pass something left of center (but still more to the left of Hillary and Obama) rather than pass no progressive legislation at all? The alternative is to do everything by executive action, piss off the electorate, and then suffer a ridiculous red wave in 2022.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 1, 2020 9:06 PM
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r2 I have that OP blocked. Must be the Bernie Troll, stirring up shit again.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 1, 2020 9:11 PM
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