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Originally Posted by hairs missing
I'm willing to put my differences with centrists aside to get Trump out of office, but I still think the party needs to move in a more left-wing direction to prevent a Trump-like politician from getting elected again... Their default position on healthcare is still to defend a right-wing plan that was literally crafted by the Heritage Foundation and supported by Mitt Romney. They won't even actively push for a public option.
You may be right about Sanders and Beto being the final two, but there's this mayor in Indiana who's been gaining a lot of traction lately... I'm gonna have to look his name up
Edit: Pete Buttigieg
That name alone should disqualify him.
I'm curious to see if Andrew Yang can make UBI a mainstream idea, similar to what Sanders did for Medicare for All in the previous election. He reached the fundraising threshold needed to be in the debates in a relatively short amount of time...
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You'd probably really dig Mike Gravel. Hes a dude running, not to become president, but just to get on stage during the primaries and argue far left talking points
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...g-his-twitter/
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Their ultimate goal wasn’t to win the election but rather to qualify him for the Democratic debates, so that he could use that platform to “issue a critique of American militarism, plutocracy, and inaction on climate,” as his newly-created website states.
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Apparently homeboy is even a 9/11 truther according to Vice. 2020 is gonna be a wild ride