IMHO, Clinton as president was a genuine Democrats forced by the time to give Eisenhower Republicans the baton in order to assemble legislative majorities 1/
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IMHO, Obama was a genuine Eisenhower republican who happens to be Black— and thought that is breaking the color barrier was the change we wanted to see in the world. So he catastrophically failed to understand the times: he found the White House staff that genuinely thought 2/
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Does your editorial board agree that a shift leftward is the best approach?
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this is a column by me not an FT view.
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Hi Edward. Excellent article again. Now, because I'm a bleeding heart liberal, I believe that a basic universal income will be more beneficial than monopoly break up. But I could be wrong and you know more about this than me.
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The author focuses on the shortcomings of the left-center Dems but wholly glosses over many things the broad coalition accomplished. I'm no apologist but it's rather silly to intimate nothing of substance occurred. And pretending Clinton-Obama was one thing is plain silly.
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You're missing what Trump has shown the Dems. Play to win the Electoral College, not what will serve the social good. E.g. talk protectionist. Trump has also shown the Democrats that it's best to run on ideas that get the attention of the broken media however impractical
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Come on Ed, U dont think it would be hard (if not impossible) for Dems to win a 3rd term in office even if they had a non-establishment candidate. Hilllary moved to the left as much as she could bc of Bernie. I dont think far-left wing of Dems can win 2020.
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No reason to be confident that any version of this left economic platform will defeat a candidate who is raising the symbolic capital of being a flag-waving white male since many think that raises their prospects more than any weak tea social democracy. Plus, economy is strong.
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