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In reply to the discussion: Medicare for All a Vote Loser in 2018 U.S. House Elections [View all]Gothmog
(145,274 posts)60. Warren's latest health plan is causing concerns for some centrist, moderate and rural Democrats
I and other true Democrats have been working hard to turn Texas blue. We hope to pick up six congressional seats in addition to the two seats we flipped in 2018. We have a chance to defeat Cornyn in the Senate. The Democrats picked up 12 seats in the Texas House and need 9 more to take control of the Texas House prior to the next redistricting session. If Biden is the nominee, Texas will be a battleground state. If Warren or sanders is the nominee. Texas will not be a battle ground state and we can forget about keeping the two seats that we flipped in 2018
Speaker Pelosi is worried about losing control of the House with a weak top of the ballot ticket with a program that will kill down ballot candidates
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The most-vulnerable Democrat in Colorados state House, Bri Buentello, is dreading door-knocking in her rural district now that Elizabeth Warren dropped her massive Medicare for All plan into the presidential arena.
This is going to cause down-ballot damage in swing districts and states if shes the nominee, Buentello says, describing how her Pueblo-area constituents who voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016 were already echoing criticisms about a giant, one-size-fits-all big government run plan that cancels private health insurance and raises taxes.
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The fear of blowback is indicative of the broad and largely negative response to Warrens proposal from centrist, moderate and rural Democrats many of whom, like Buentello, back Joe Biden in the primary. And it exposes the fault line between those who fret about winning voters in the center and the activist progressive base propelling Warren to the front of the Democratic pack.
The long-awaited plan to raise the $20.5 trillion she says is needed to pay for single-payer health care in America is Warrens attempt to answer critics after weeks of questions from rival candidates about the cost of her proposal and the prospect of higher taxes. Warren promised, as she has in the past, that "not one penny in middle-class tax increases is necessary to finance the effort.
This is going to cause down-ballot damage in swing districts and states if shes the nominee, Buentello says, describing how her Pueblo-area constituents who voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016 were already echoing criticisms about a giant, one-size-fits-all big government run plan that cancels private health insurance and raises taxes.
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The fear of blowback is indicative of the broad and largely negative response to Warrens proposal from centrist, moderate and rural Democrats many of whom, like Buentello, back Joe Biden in the primary. And it exposes the fault line between those who fret about winning voters in the center and the activist progressive base propelling Warren to the front of the Democratic pack.
The long-awaited plan to raise the $20.5 trillion she says is needed to pay for single-payer health care in America is Warrens attempt to answer critics after weeks of questions from rival candidates about the cost of her proposal and the prospect of higher taxes. Warren promised, as she has in the past, that "not one penny in middle-class tax increases is necessary to finance the effort.
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Moderates won back the house running on the ACA and /or local issues...so if we run on MFA,you
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#3
Medicare for all in its current form will not be the final product. There will be compromise just
vsrazdem
Nov 2019
#38
And I do not want to lose downballot races due to a plan that was proven to hurt candidates
Gothmog
Nov 2019
#39
Whoever wins the primary will be the one running and that choice is for the American people to
vsrazdem
Nov 2019
#40
Whoever wins, wins. That's how it works, it is about the president of the US, not about
vsrazdem
Nov 2019
#45
I don't like Medicare...don't get me wrong...glad such a program exist...but there are multiple
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#4
I would like to see universal healthcare modeled on the military program...we have a great program
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#11
Don't let anyone take them away...no one in any party...union and military benefits are the best
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#15
The GOP have been coming for your benefits for years...But I think MFA is a threat to union
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#18
Medicare is the model though and it shouldn't be IMHO. I fail to see why it is a good idea to start
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#13
If you want to expand on the ACA or Obamacare, then don't call it the ACA or Obamacare.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2019
#22
LOL, says much more concisely what I was basically saying in post #23! (n/t)
thesquanderer
Nov 2019
#25
Warren's latest health plan is causing concerns for some centrist, moderate and rural Democrats
Gothmog
Nov 2019
#60
It is not a winning issue and there is no question...those running on the ACA are doing better...we
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#14
Because that would make them a corporatist DINO sellout. Try to keep up.....
brooklynite
Nov 2019
#28
Try to keep up! There's a monster in the White House and half of America find ridding
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2019
#31
You do remember we lost the House, and ultimately the Senate primarily due to suspicions over ACA?
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2019
#44
The midterm elections were, to an important extent, a referendum on the Affordable Care Act
Gothmog
Nov 2019
#56
+1. I can't imagine Congress Critters having to go back home and defend something that...
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2019
#57