Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumTom Steyer says Warren and Sanders are the Establishment
says only he can take on trump becsuse he is a billionaire.
<Running as something of a patrician populist, Mr. Steyer brushed aside the dissonance of someone with his résumé Exeter, Yale, Stanford, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, his own hedge fund flooding the airwaves with ads that castigate the influence of the powerful and well-connected.
I am the outsider in this race, Mr. Steyer said in an interview. He described Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders as part of the establishment and asked if the front-runner in the polls, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., really understood what this moment called for.
Virtually everybody else in this race, including those two senators, comes from D.C., is part of the establishment, Mr. Steyer said. So if you think the problem is broken government, which is what I think, if you think that the corporations have bought the government, who do you think is going to reform it? Do you think its going to be someone from the grass roots, from the outside, whos done it for 10 years? Or do you think its going to be someone from D.C.? Its a fair question.
If the idea of a wealthy mogul running as an unbought outsider against a rigged system and the political establishment sounds familiar, that is no accident.
Mr. Trump had a point, Mr. Steyer said. I think thats why he got elected. Because the system is broken. It turns out hes the biggest stooge there is.His ads have also made an electability argument that as a billionaire he has the standing to take on Mr. Trump on the economy.>
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/us/politics/tom-steyer-debate.amp.html
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
George II
(67,782 posts)....is the one who is most convincing in his/her argument that all the others are "establishment"!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,339 posts)That word has nothing to do with how important it is to have the best candidate for the job And to beat trumputin.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ecstatic
(32,712 posts)independents, but it won't get him through our primaries. First of all, attacking the 3 front runners is a losing strategy. Period. So hopefully this is a one and done critique of his rivals.
Second, EW is not the establishment--she's fairly new to the Senate.
Third, I've seen Steyer's new "billionaire" ads on TV. I like them because he's attacking trump, but to get through our primaries, he should have continued with the impeachment themed ads. After that, he could pivot to the billionaire strategy for the GE.
Then again, what do I know? His numbers are surging rather quickly. Maybe he's the blank slate candidate we can all agree on.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BannonsLiver
(16,401 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,111 posts)2014 to 2018 election cycles alone.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Me.
(35,454 posts)if he isn't allowed in
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,111 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StevieM
(10,500 posts)I hope he gets into the debates, although it is looking less and less likely.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
snowybirdie
(5,230 posts)And influence people by dissing their elected and popular leaders. This shows his hubris and over inflated sense of superiority. Likely, a trait highly developed in billionaires. We already have one of those running this country (badly). Tom, face reality and just donate your money to good causes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kcr
(15,317 posts)That's the shocker of the day.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
corbettkroehler
(1,898 posts)Give me a couple of dozen breaks!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cha
(297,339 posts)calling everyone else the "establishment".
The word has lost all potency.
I actually want someone who doesn't throw that word around like it's poison.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden