Tom Nichols is a smart guy who speaks for the moderates and independents.
Needs a centrist democrat to take and hold the centrist opinions, forcing trump to adopt a stance further to the right and marginalising him - otherwise trump will win again
Most people need to consider what "left" really means...it is not a direct route to socialism or whacko, unattainable ideals...it is a direct response to what is realistically happening to everyone in the USA...automation and loss of jobs, health care concerns, climate and natural disasters, women in the work force, diversity...
We have been moving toward more progressive policies for some time but the hard right wants to call it radical leftism...I think many of the current contenders have done a good job explaining what they want for everyone...people who listen realize then that it is not as radical as some of the newly elected congress people in the news sound like...
Even conservative democrats like myself can listen and ascertain that we need some of these changes...if we don't include our most vulnerable and youngest members in the voting pool, then yes, we will lose to the old outdated party that is not for them...
I will vote for any Democrat as well, but, I sort of feel like to do so means that I have to give the reins to the younger and more active people whose future is much more at stake than mine...time to retire and go along with them.
It probably doesn’t matter much what the Dems do, the Repubs will paint them as far left socialists regardless. Even so, I think the moderates and independents are smart enough to see through that as long as the Dems don’t start off with free everything and open borders and say they’re going to force people to give up their current health insurance. I’ve been on Medicare for a few years now but I’ve always had it combined with some private health insurance (the Advantage plans).
P.s. I like your new photo!
@jerry99 agree...I don't think most people want "free" everything... plus, financially, there is just no way to do it all...no one I talk to wants open borders, free college, etc. I am willing to pay for supplemental health insurance along with medicare if it means more people can get the basics, but don't ask me to give up what I have...we need sensibility and not drama in our elections
Thanks...It was my original photo...I just put it up in celebration of my near one year on this site!