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I think Warren knows when her unrealistic ideas are unrealistic. She has a background in econ, after all. She also knows that she has to negotiate, which means
by scythe 7y ago
I think Warren knows when her unrealistic ideas are unrealistic. She has a background in econ, after all. She also knows that she has to negotiate, which means she has to open with an offer the other side won't accept. Her track record in Congress shows she's capable of that; she's gotten major bills passed before.
And I have a hard time thinking of someone more qualified to lead the Dems -- you've got the foot-in-the-grave (Biden, Sanders), the foot-in-the-cradle (Harris, Buttigieg, O'Rourke, Castro), the memes (Yang, Gabbard) and the anaesthetic (Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, Delaney etc). That leaves Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker.
- malvosenior 7y ago> I think Warren knows when her unrealistic ideas are unrealistic Does she? Because this seems extremely unrealistic: https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1141705066656751616 https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1141705066656751616
- scythe 7y agoAre you sure you linked the right tweet? I thought you were going to be complaining about the wealth tax (which I think is an intentional, rhetorical oversimplification of the real plan) or some social program, but not a minor tax cut that affects less than 2% of the population!
- malvosenior 7y agoI'm not complaining about anything, I'm giving you an example of her being very unrealistic.
- scythe 7y agoWhat exactly is unrealistic about that? It’s barely a blip on the radar in any economic sense. Politically it might not be popular right now (???) but that’s irrelevant for evaluating competence.
- malvosenior 7y agoIt's unrealistic precisely because it's unpopular and will not get support. It's the same as Sanders proposal. Offer free stuff in exchange for votes knowing that you won't actually get approval for the free stuff.