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In reply to the discussion: Democrats need a bold agenda. Here's what they should do in the first 100 days of Congress. [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)12. Agreed
Bernie has argued in favor of these principles forever - and they pretty much overlap exactly with the foundations of the Democratic Party platform.
I'm not sure what we are disagreeing about, if anything.
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Democrats need a bold agenda. Here's what they should do in the first 100 days of Congress. [View all]
Voltaire2
Nov 2018
OP
Bernie hits another home run. No surprise though... there's a reason he's among the most popular
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2018
#42
I have a good feeling Bernie is running. Why wouldn't he?... the guy is an all-star!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2018
#59
Never be votes in the senate, not a matter of obstruction. They still have
beachbum bob
Nov 2018
#14
Yes, it has been undeniably clear since at least 2016, and for some of those points....
George II
Nov 2018
#20
Precisely! We need an aggressive progressive agenda... that's how we instill confidence
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2018
#44
This is the Democratic agenda. In fact President Obama starting the ball rolling on a lot of that
still_one
Nov 2018
#8
Exactly, most of those bullet points are in the Democratic platform, wonder where these came from?
George II
Nov 2018
#18
And some other important bold agenda items - prevent gun violence (gun control) and...
George II
Nov 2018
#24
Remember when in 1987 Joe Biden had to withdraw as a Presidential candidate due to plagiarism.
George II
Nov 2018
#32
Democrats have no power to pass legislation...unless McConnel and trump agrees
beachbum bob
Nov 2018
#13
Yes. Make THEM reject our Democratic agenda rather than Pelosi and our Democrats avoiding it.
George II
Nov 2018
#33
The GOP will say there is no money for these programs. Trump spent it all on tax cuts, and
politicaljunkie41910
Nov 2018
#15
Don't go overboard. Progressive, but not wild. Looks like over-reaching. Here is the agenda:
LBM20
Nov 2018
#48
Proposing ideas without a well thought way to fund them is no solution either.
GulfCoast66
Nov 2018
#54