From Adam L. Silverman at Balloon Juice, this very cogent and right-on-target post about what our choices are in the upcoming election. It's almost impossible to pull a quote, so I'll just give you the beginning:
Read the whole thing. It's not all that long, but it's the best item I've seen on what the 2020 election actually means.
We ended up here because of a combination of four things. The first is that Senator Sanders has been running non-stop for president since 2016. He never really stopped running when that election ended. This has allowed him to build a large organization to support his candidacy, keep his name recognition high, and mobilize his supporters. The second is Vice President Biden’s name recognition and connection to President Obama. The third is the sad reality of our news media, especially our political news media and how they frame and shape and weight things in a campaign. The fourth and final reason this happened is that the 2020 presidential election is not about Medicare for All or any other specific policy or plan. It is solely a referendum on the President.
Read the whole thing. It's not all that long, but it's the best item I've seen on what the 2020 election actually means.
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