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>get at best sidelined by the media Bernie's platform, like Trump's in 2016, has faced an incredible lack of scrutiny. I have yet to see him pressed on the ve
by throwaway6734 7y ago
>get at best sidelined by the media
Bernie's platform, like Trump's in 2016, has faced an incredible lack of scrutiny.
I have yet to see him pressed on the very high possibility that most of his platform will never get through congress.
- refurb 7y agoI don’t think I’ve seen any candidate get pressed on the probability of their platform getting through Congress.
- notafraudster 7y agoActual negotiations are against adversaries in private; why force someone (Sanders or anyone else) to negotiate against themselves in public? If you ask any presidential candidate about the chances of their platform passing as-is, they will all have the same three things to tell you: 1) Vote for members of congress who will support my agenda and this won't be a problem; 2) Give me a mandate to implement my agenda so I have more political capital for negotiations; 3) You need to plant a flag in the ground so that you have something to anchor negotiations later, which might involve compromises. If your point is that voters, the media, and politicians spend way too much time on platforms when they are mostly just signalling devices, I agree.
- throwaway6734 7y agoSure, but Sander's platform is significantly less concrete and likely (like Trump's) than the rest of the field. Promising voters things and then not being able to come close to accomplishing them undermines people's faith in the system & process.
- pergadad 7y agoHe has put some detailed calculations forward. Not sure how that's not concrete. Would you be able to make a single Biden Policy, or even better one that has actually been scrutinised?