I thought after Vietnam, wars would slow down. Especially American involvement......I can be sooooo dumb sometimes

@twill Me too I was quite young when I saw my next door neighbor dressed in an army uniform which I later realised was his Vietnam conscription. Never saw him again.

Sorry mate I am from down under and do not understand what you mean.

@rathswohl the gop is cancelling opportunities for any right wingers to contest trump and split the vote.

@hankster Yes, that explains it.

Yeh Just found out what GOP is, "Grand Old Party" Makes overwhelming sense to me now? I am still open to explanations. It would seem to me that you are confident that your fellow americans do not have the intelligence to change the system even though you are supposed to have a government dedicated to "we the people" We as a species will find it more difficult to change and progress when we entertain the idea that change is impossible.

Even though he is revolutionary / is Trump that good? I am from down under hard to grasp the logic I do know that Yang is taking Trumpers / Is the country racist or that racist might be a better question? Love your dog used to have a blue cattle with patches over both eyes unfortunately he was shot by police.

I am an Auzy from down under have you listened to what he has to say? I already concede that I know nothing about american politics, all I know is that 1 second after your economy crashes ours will, What about the autonomous cars and trucks who else has addressed these issues? I am interested ??

@rathswohl Yes I have listened closely. He has not really revealed any coherent potential policies.

@wordywalt I would like to point out that Yang has a website where his policies are listed and at the moment the number is 86.It's so difficult to try to point you guys in the right direction! Please have another look.

Sorry I do not understand this reasoning, maybe you can explain it to me?

@rathswohl
Andrew Yang may be making sense but most voters are not supporting him because he un-electable. He is polling low after 6 months and 3 debate events so far. That is a weak performance. A candidate polling at 1% cannot beat Donald Trump. There have been many good candidates in American Presidential elections according to many but they only had good ideas, not good campaigns or winning strategies. These days winnability is more important than just having good ideas. A president can choose experts to gather great ideas after being elected. He only needs the ability to win and a vision for the nation. Andrew Yang cannot win.

Please let me know what is hard to understand here.

@St-Sinner It seems to me that his performances are fantastic and that it is not his performances that are the problem rather the acceptance of an american born asian?

@rathswohl

1. Non-Caucasian, an immigrant is a factor in the general elections but not in the primaries.
2. A surge and victory in primaries are based on passions, likability and winnability in the general election.
3. We all agree that Andrew Yang has innovative ideas, he often makes sense but we also think his ideas are radical and will not be bought by people at large in the general elections. I do not think his being Asian is preventing him from surging in the pre-primaries season.
4. The American economy is the largest and most powerful economy at $19 trillion the world, even bigger than the entire EU block. It is too big with too many tentacles in the U.S. society and the international world. His ideas to break it down and introduce something radical is not a ripe idea for the times we are living in. You can say that Yang is a little bit ahead of his times. We have to work to work with the society we have and the times we are living in. The nation is not even ready for Bernie Sanders revolution he has been calling for now almost 6 years. Bernie is also getting lukewarm support in general. His support is only strong in his fan base.
5. I have watched him carefully in all debates. According to me, his answers on many topics have been unsatisfactory, abrupt and short.
6. Throwing money at people will not solve our larger problems. We need surgical engineering of the economy and society to solve issues of disparity, racism, social justice etc. His throwing $1,000 at everyone will do nothing to racism in the society today.