I agree with Martin Longman that the suburbs are THE battleground of 2020, and Democrats can blow it, by listening too much to Woke Twitter and not enough to those mushy centrists.
Creating an urban/suburban coalition can probably include the following:
- Warren's wealth tax. Losing the "over $50M crowd" is fine.
- Immigration reform. Guest workers, path to citizenship, certainly the DREAM act. People in the 'burbs like taco trucks.
- Criminal justice reform. Non-violent drug offenders, marijuana decriminalization, less police killings.
- Robust public option. Allow people and companies to opt-in to Medicaid/Medicare. Don't force it.
- Gun violence. Background checks/licensing, various no-brainer safety measures and restrictions.
Going "Full Sanders" and making a mandatory universal health care system, open borders and reparations is the way to lose the election in 2020, or make it so close that it can be stolen.
I don't like Biden, because I think he's too old and too set in the ways he learned as part of minority party of the '80s and '90s. But if there as a "young Biden" - Cory Booker springs to mind, maybe Kamala Harris - then I've found my candidate.
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