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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden breaks with Obama in moving to left [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)37. RW-serving The Hill and Celerity. I haven't even read
Last edited Thu May 30, 2019, 07:27 PM - Edit history (1)
this, but between those and the title, it'd very strange if this wasn't hostile spin.
Because of course there's no such thing as more than one way of proceeding, with various choices of costs and benefits. Any difference must be a serious ideological "break."
Did it come to blows behind the scenes, do you think? Or just yelling and fractured friendship?
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A higher minimum wage and the public option are hardly moves to the left of Obama
LongtimeAZDem
May 2019
#1
Joe - You're going to have to keep moving left, and then further left, and then more....
IndyOp
May 2019
#8
Not yours, but the headline is an unnecessarily negative spin on Biden "vs." Obama.
George II
May 2019
#10
Obamas hands were tied a lot of the time.. He would have been a LOT more left..
samnsara
May 2019
#13
what is the premise of this article - he should be welded to Obama? I don't get it.
EveHammond13
May 2019
#14
But as with all of them, you have to ask yourself if you believe they'll actually DO what they say
pdsimdars
May 2019
#15
If we do not take back the Senate, there will not be shit getting done. I am really starting
Celerity
May 2019
#17
TOTAL student debt is 1.6 trillion, we spend that each YEAR on the war/surveillance state
Celerity
May 2019
#27
there are around 13 million public university students (2 and 4 years) in the US
Celerity
May 2019
#29