Democratic Primaries

With the wind of a solid mandate at his back, and at least a nominal majority in the Senate, might be able to get some public option through. There are Democratic Senators whose arms would need some good twisting to get that done. Even just repairing harm done over the last fw years to the Affordable Care Act would be worth a good deal. Some formula for forcing acceptance of the Medicaid expansion on recalcitrant states would be great benefit.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."