Sanders and Warren can run on universal coverage/medicare for all but without control of the senate, it is never going to happen. Even with control of the senate, the odds of this happening anytime in the next decade is not realistic.

This far out, I absolutely agree with you and things will move but it also appears to be a demographic and identity issue as well.

Per 538, it is Warren/Pete who appear to be splitting the wealthy, white, college educated Democrat whereas the working class is splitting between Biden/Sanders. Harris seems to be taking more of the Warren/Pete segment. 

What did he say today that we couldn’t already read?

What did anyone really expect. This was always how this was going to play out. Republicans yell, Dems act like they think they got him, Trump tweets, and Mueller as he said prior, wasn’t going to say anything of any real substance that we didn’t already know. This hearing was never going to accomplish anything.

Why should Gillibrand be doing better? What has she done that is of any note Watching her on the stage next to Harris, Harris displayed charisma, presence and a deliberate agenda. Gillibrand just looked and sounded like she was trying to get a word in whenever she could to let people know she was on stage. Gillibrand…

UCLA is one of the top public universities in the country and one of the top 30 large research universities overall. It is one of California’s flagships along with Cal-Berkeley.

Normal is relative when you have detention centers caging children at the border as a policy and POTUS saying he could just destroy Afghanistan whose government is presently an ally in the region.

I expect different Dems will take different trajectories. Sanders if you consider him a Dem along with Warren will push for significant change for single payer, loan forgiveness, etc. The merits of all are worth having a conversation about but facts are still light and without control of the senate, these things have…

I agree with him but if in his contract, he is required to abide by this policy and he violated it, then he is in the wrong.

When you are the best in the world at your sport and can generate box office, dirt isn’t necessary, greed will suffice.

Seattle tends to stay in that range. Gets into the 80's in the summer but seldom ever drops below 20. The northern pacific coast from norther California up through to British Columbia stays pretty moderate. 

What power?

What are Dems willing to try to change peoples minds on? AOC and “the squad” are one thing but they have the luxury of safe districts and preaching to the choir. None of them did this in a competitive district. Her win in the primary is really impressive but she didn’t have to change a lot of minds, only show the…

Republicans are more effective at communicating and messaging. They focus on simplicity and what they want the voters take away to be. If they want to change a voters opinion, they brand something as bad be it the “Death tax” or “death panels.” Luntz’s approach isn’t isolated and Trump’s campaign slogans were clear,…

At 84 hours a week a week in December, I could make my tuition for the semester over winter break. The only real incidents I saw were temps who weren’t paying attention and couldn’t use a box cutter.

You can blame the American people for having a short attention span perhaps but at some point if your message isn’t connecting, it is on the messenger. Dems are shit at messaging, staying on message, and over complicating the message. 

You can unionize all you want but there will always be the people who will go beyond and work 70 and 100 hour weeks. I worked in a Teamsters shop at UPS and there will always be people who work harder in an effort to get ahead. 

If you want to rise in that business, to ultimately running campaigns, then 60 hours a week, is nothing. Like most competitive lines of work where there is strategy and execution, those that produce results do so at all costs and those are the ones who will rise.

And now he is going to cap hours. He is looking at his budget and made the decision that with only has so much money to spend, he can’t let his spend on labor grow outside of his budget.