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  1. 1.

    Ohio Mom

    I was busy all day, haven’t had a chance yet to watch the video of today’s hearing, and now I am reminded there is a debate tonight — I am never going to catch up.

  2. 2.

    Elizabelle

    I really like Elizabeth too.  Because I think she’s big on whacking capitalism back to size.  We’re in the predatory phase now.  Capitalism works best when it’s restrained, as in Europe.

     

    I like Kamala Harris as well.  Just drove by the Blue Bee Cidery in Richmond, where she spoke maybe a year ago.  Felt a bit sad that her campaign has not taken off more, because she’s a wonderful and inspiring retail politician.

     

    I am sick of the morons who argue that Warren was a Republican for too long, and that Kamala is a cop.  Immediate sign those are not serious people with whom to converse.  Just move along.

  3. 3.

    AJ

    Mainly commenting to say Watergirl is the greatest!!

    (I find it amazingly helpful to see the number of current comments when I’m down at the bottom of a post after reading it and she got that done :)

     

    I still like Warren, but after reading more WOC’s reservations about her on race, reading this post about media erasure of Harris, and seeing more of Harris speaking, she my current #1 choice.

  6. 6.

    Elizabelle

    Yes, I love the blog’s functionality and that we have recent comments back.  That is my favorite feature.

     

    All hail WaterGirl and Alain and John.

  7. 7.

    The Dangerman

    @Elizabelle: 

    Because I think she’s big on whacking capitalism back to size.

    Homer trains for whacking day. To give Warren some ideas, doncha know.

    I travel a fair amount on business and the disparity between rich and poor areas is staggering; it’s always been a problem, of course, but it is so much worse now.

  8. 8.

    Capri

    I’m in a Catch-22. I will vote for any D candidate, so don’t want to get so invested in one that I resent pulling the lever for the person who beats them. But if you don’t go out and work for a candidate you like, they have less chance of winning.

     

    They are all fine. Some would make me happier to vote for than others.

  14. 14.

    Betty Cracker

    @Capri: Do you avoid Twitter? I don’t, and it really makes it much harder to separate candidates from their flaming douchebag supporters.

  15. 15.

    jl

    Thanks for the post.

    Warren is still my favorite, though of course, no politician is perfect. I think her approach to health care reform is the right one, but politically risky. Seems like both the Biden-Buttigieg unspecified something to restore and strengthen Obamacare and diehard M4A camps hate it. Goods news is that it has quite a bit of union support. Krugman loves it, so I believe it is economically sound, but not sure Krugman has good feel for politics.

     

    Harris is the only candidate with the guts to say (finally, after waffling) that if we do go for mixed M4A and private insurance system, private insurance has to be regulated enough to be forced to provide equivalent coverage for any comprehensive policy they sell. Which I think is the an absolute requirement for a mixed system to be stable. Harris is my second choice.

     

    So, I think my first and second favorites have the economics and politics for getting in done once in office better on health care than the others. Whether that politics is better for getting elected than the Biden or Bernie approaches, I have no clue.

  16. 16.

    Jay

    @JR:

     

    the simple answers to M4A are;

     

    a). It’s a National Security Issue,

     

    b). Mexico will pay for it,

     

    c). What do you mean there is a double standard?

  20. 20.

    Marcopolo

    Argh…the next round of the impeachment hearings just started…debate in three hours…argh…

    That being said, I’m still firmly w/ Warren. I have made my peace w/ every other D candidate except TG (yes, even BS). Harris is 2, Castro 3, there’s a big jumble in the middle and Yang is the lowest of the acceptable. All that being said, I don’t think anyone polling at 2or 3 percent right now has a chance of winning. Also, I do think there is a serious likelihood we wind up w/ a brokered convention. We will know a hella lot more after the first 4 contests.

  24. 24.

    Anne Laurie

    @germy: Gonna spark a lot of jokes about how old people want to be in bed by 10pm, ergo Biden’s team had to wrap up the ‘post debate’ email beg before the 8pm debate start time…

  26. 26.

    Marcopolo

    @NotMax: Won’t be the first time one of my preferred candidates has dropped out.  I was also high on Inslee before he dropped out. He was my #3 or 4 at the time.

  27. 27.

    Sab

    @jl: I likebWarren first, and Harris second.

     

    And I absolutely do not want the runnerup to be vp. Keep her in the senate.

     

    Maybe Castro as VP. He is as qualified as Mayor Pete. Bigger city.

  30. 30.

    Miss Bianca

    So, apparently according to that WaPo “which candidate are you” quiz – as in, “how do you feel about these policy issues?” – Cory Booker is my dream candidate, with Tom Steyer (!!??wtf) second, and Kamala Harris third!

    And speaking of Cory Booker – hmm, smart guy, Rhodes scholar, mayor of a big city – how come Pete Buttigieg is getting all the love in that lane? Is there some It Factor that I’m just overlooking?//

  31. 31.

    stinger

    I like Warren a lot, but now I’m wondering — of all those plans on the plan wall, how many of them are to be paid for by raising taxes on the 1%?

  32. 32.

    The Lodger

    @NotMax: Too bad. Castro probably put in the best showing of all the candidates today, just by staying in DC and doing his job on the House Intelligence Committee.

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