Quote (Thor123422 @ Sep 11 2020 12:06pm)
Admittedly, I haven't followed this race as closely as I followed the past 2 presidential races. The difference has been so stark that there hasn't been much of a point for me to do so.
Still, though, Democrats as a party are still largely just status quo managers. We aren't gonna get reparations, we aren't gonna get border abolishment, etc. etc. Best we might get from his list is border security reorganization on the federal level, and funding of alternative services that handle things police shouldn't be handling, which are both pretty good IMO, but not exactly radical.
Just comes down to what I always say. Ask for 50, come down to 30. That's just how you get change.
yes and no.
at least on the topic of reparations its was 12 progressives and 1 status Joe.
it depends on the topic, in healthcare it was about split, say 6-7. 6 for medicare for all or similar, 7 for medicare for some expansion.
on police reform its 13-0, border security it was mostly pandering knowing they'd all do about what trump is doing but with less ICE funding and no wall and a few whackos.
but on the topic of reparations specifically, it was everyone saying they supported it in some sense, Yang saying UBI is better, and Joe non committal while name dropping Obama.
there are certainly topics where the left is moving more progressively faster, and if it continues to be 12-1 things a few will eek through the status quo.