Obama Says Bernie Sanders' Proposals Haven't Been Properly Vetted Yet

[Cali_Democrat]

Obama nails it once again:

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Sanders has surged in recent polls in Iowa and leads Clinton in New Hampshire. If Sanders wins either state, he will face the kind of intense scrutiny the media has long given Clinton, Obama said.

"You're going to dig into his proposals and how much they cost and what does it mean, and, you know, how does his tax policy work and he's subjected, then, to a rigor that hasn't happened yet," Obama said.

Obama also said he thought Sanders would need to broaden his message to continue to succeed in the campaign.

"I will say that the longer you go in the process, the more you’re going to have to pass a series of hurdles that the voters are going to put in front of you, because the one thing everybody understands is that [with] this job right here, you don’t have the luxury of just focusing on one thing," he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-bernie-sanders-clinton_us_56a62006e4b076aadcc71ec5

This is absolutely true.

Some vetting already started when Bernie released his healthcare plan last week....and it isn't pretty.

Krugman:

"The Sanders health plan looks a little bit like a standard Republican tax-cut plan"

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/weakened-at-bernies/?smid=tw-nytimeskrugman&smtyp=cur&_r=1

Ezra Klein:

Bernie Sanders’s single-payer plan isn’t a plan at all - Ezra Klein

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511043519

[Warren Stupidity]

1. This from a guy who ran on the thoroughly vetted

proposal: "hope and change".

[John Poet]

8. When will Hillary be thoroughly vetted on her NEOCON foreign policies,

and when will they be called what they ARE, NeoCon foreign policies?

I'd like to know.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511061623

[roguevalley]

10. he should have not gotten into this, Obama. it makes me remember all the

shiny things he was and never became.

[immoderate]

2. Right they should be tested.

Single payer or some other universal system, should be tried out somewhere to see if it works.

--imm

[Iliyah]

3. Let the vetting begin!

Lov ya, Mr. President!

[MariaThinks]

4. i tend to believe what Krugman has to say

thanks for posting.

There is virtually 0 chance that the republicans will allow a single payer system through, especially with the idiot 5 republican justices (I use that term while almost throwing up), to cause interference. It will require replacement of those idiots before a decent single payer system is in place.

Much like Football, strategy is very important. If we really want single payer healthcare, we better get a Democratic President to replace the several of the 5 republican cronies, win the House back and the Senate back, and then pass it.

[Wilms]

6. What he said in 2008, or recently?

He flip-flopped.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Obama's main differences to Hillary in 08 were on healthcare, he calimed to support a public option

and said the individual mandate was a pocket picking absurdity. Hillary held the opposite positions. Which of them was running on unvetted bullshit?

[LexVegas]

7. I see from the responses that the knives have come out for Obama now. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

9. Everyone has been thrown under the Bernie mobile....

except for Cornell West, Killer Mike and Art Garfunkel.

[enid602]

11. cue the music

"They all came to HOODWINK America."

[Iliyah]

15. Not yet - LOL

[totodeinhere]

13. I haven't seen that at all. But we are allowed to disagree with Obama aren't we?

n/t

[Broward]

14. Just like with the TPP.

[NurseJackie]

16. Obama is absolutely correct.

And so are those who make the same observations and criticisms.

[GeorgeGist]

17. In another universe ...

"I think Barack came in with the luxury of being a complete long shot and just letting loose," Bernie said in the interview with the political news website. "I think Hillary came in with the both privilege and burden of being perceived as the front-runner," he said.