Showing posts with label 2020 Democrats’ progressive gamble is about to get real. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2020 Democrats’ progressive gamble is about to get real. Show all posts

Monday, February 25, 2019


By Politico, Feb. 23, 2019

Democrats’ embrace of sweeping progressive ideas like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal is about to get its first reality check on Capitol Hill — as both parties make huge bets about which message will sway voters in 2020.

For liberal Democrats, proposals to provide universal health care, combat climate change and create a fairer economy represent the kind of bold agenda they will need to unseat President Donald Trump, a candidate unafraid to make his own brash moves on trade and immigration. But Republicans are seizing on the same proposals to paint Democrats as socialist radicals, while trying to widen the ideological splits already emerging among Trump’s would-be challengers.