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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Replying to @Pinboard
Executive orders. What other candidate is going to legalize marijuana with an EO? Also sustained engagement to reform the political system. Sanders has acknowledged that getting elected is a first step to changing the entire thing. His supporters are committed to that long haul
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I agree that executive orders are important. I struggle with understanding the rest (like reforming the political system) in terms of practical policy steps.
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I want to point out you've added a word here that was not in your original question: "policy." You asked what the "practical difference" would be in having Pres. Sanders, not what the "practical policy difference" would be. I think the distinction matters.
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Replying to @blackqueeriroh @Pinboard
There are plenty of practical differences in having a Pres. Sanders (or Warren! Why are we not mentioning her? She has more delegates than Klobuchar!) that do not rely on immediate policy passage.
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Sustaining engagement for political reform so that in 2022 that majority expands instead of flips is likely something only the two of them could inspire, and Sanders more than Warren, because his whole platform is based on fundamental political reform to a degree even hers isn't.
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Replying to @blackqueeriroh
I find this claim sort of surprising, since the Warren and Sanders platforms are very similar. What is the significant difference you see there?
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For starters,https://www.denverpost.com/2019/10/12/bernie-sanders-socialist-rival-elizabeth-warren-capitalist/ …
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What's the platform/policy difference, though?
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Whether programs like free college are means-tested or not is a big one.https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-democratic-party-elite-2020-presidential-race …
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