Moderate Democrats Rethinking 2020 Run After Public Demands Progressive Policies

According to reports this week, some moderate Democrats like Joe Biden and Terry McAuliffe might not be entering the Presidential race for 2020 because they are scared about their own records and how to square that with the publics’ leftward shift. This is a good thing – moderates need not apply. We need strong, fast change in this country and we will not get that with moderate Democrats. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

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Well, more and more and more and more Democrats continue entering the 2020 election, which by the way is a good thing. I am in favor of a big, broad primary with lots of different people to choose from so that we actually have a good selection, a nice variety of people representing different backgrounds, different cultures, different political beliefs so that we're able to make a better decision and get somebody who truly represents what we want us in public. And I'm 20 seconds in and I'm already way off topic here. So back to the point, we've got a lot of Democrats that have already jumped into the 2020 election, but there is some good news. Some of the worst ones are actually starting to rethink their decision of possibly running for 2020. And here's what it is. Axios reported a few days ago that some of the more moderate, you know the centrist Democrats.

You're Michael Bloomberg's, you're Terry McAuliffe's, and probably even your Joe Biden are now having second thoughts about entering the presidential race, either as a Democrat or an independent in Bloomberg's case, because they see how far left the entire American public has shifted, not just the Democratic Party, the entire American public, including those on the right, because when you strip an issue away from a politician, even Republican support, things like Medicare for all increased wages, debt free college, a green, new deal, and that is terrifying to the centrist Democrats like McAuliffe, the independence, like Bloomberg and yes, even Joe Biden, because according to this report from Axios, Biden is now being advised to delay any announcement of entering the 2020 race until they get a better sense on whether or not this socialism thing is, is what the public really wants. Because if it dies down in the public, backs off it Biden's coming in, but if the public continues to lurch, left and say, we want these once radical ideas, Biden may not run.

Biden may say, I can't do that. That's not who I am, but I see where the party's going and I respect that so I'm not going to get in there and honestly honestly would be the best thing Biden could do at this point. That would be the best thing. Another thing that's terrifying, these centrist Democrats, there's polling coming out of Iowa that shows that socialism has a net positive approval rating. Well, capitalism has a net negative approval rating. The American public is speaking loud and clear, and again, this is people on both sides of the aisle. Okay? This is not just a Democrat phenomenon. These are Republicans are saying they want it to. We want them Medicare for all. We want the $15 minimum wage debt free college and a green new deal in action on climate change, in any expanded social security and all of these great things.

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