I have an honest question for my pro-Bernie followers, to help my understanding. Assuming a bare Senate majority (50-50) and control of the House, what would be the practical difference between having a President Klobuchar or Biden and a President Sanders in office in 2021?
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I have been thinking of the problem as entirely one of how to get a candidate into office with a minimal Senate majority, at which point the new president's ability to make policy will be very constrained. But perhaps I am committing the Naderite sin! Spin your dreams to me
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This has been the tendency over the past few administrations, as the gridlock in Congress grows permanent. But for all the signature stuff—climate change, health care, free college, minimum wage—you need legislation.
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