Reich says if nobody runs for president with the goals of “broad-based prosperity”

[Jackpine Radical]

and “big money out of politics” then he will.

From Reich's Fb page via Blue Cheddar:

http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=38550

Connect the dots: Almost all the economic gains are going to the top, which means the rest don’t have the purchasing power to get the economy out of first gear. So unemployment remains high, and most families’ wages continue to drop. The ranks of the poor are growing and almost a quarter of our nation’s children are in poverty. We know how to reverse this (a living wage, better schools and affordable colleges, stronger unions, wage subsidies, no more trickle-down or austerity economics, green jobs) but cannot because our democracy is drowning in big money. Much of it is coming from Wall Street, large corporations, and a few billionaires that want to keep wages down and unemployment high, reduce their own taxes and regulations, and collect corporate welfare.

This is not sustainable. We must get big money out of politics and restore broad-based prosperity. How and when? At the very least, with a candidate for president in 2016 who makes this the centerpiece of his or her campaign and turns it into a national movement, which you and tens of millions of others join. I don’t see any prospect on the Republican side. Then will Hillary Clinton do it? If not, Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders? If no one else will do it, I will.

[WillyT]

1. HUGE K & R !!!

[newfie11]

2. K&R

[DonCoquixote]

3. this man HAS MY VOTE

and unless Hillary makes the sort of deal with the left that would make a Faustian contract with Lucifer look like child'splay, SHE WILL NOT!

[muntrv]

4. If he does run, I'll vote for him!

[RoccoR5955]

5. Sanders/Reich 2016

They can win with their policies!

[CarrieLynne]

15. oh man...dream ticket!

need warren in their admin somewhere tho!

[RoccoR5955]

17. Warren can be Secretary of Labor n/t

[KoKo]

6. I'd like to see him as a candidate...

I'd like to see a full front Dem Stable running.

I don't think we will see that because "HILLARY is the One Annointed" and rest is theater......But, hey...sounds good to me!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

7. Do it or STFU, Reich. nt

[YOHABLO]

10. Dems have to keep putting "moderates'' out there because we don't think >

We can't win with a REAL progressive. Hillary, if she runs, will stroke the left like Obama during the campaign trail, but once elected, will go center right like her husband. How about that public option Hillary? or How about scrapping the cap on FICA? ... How about reigning in this out of control military spending? How about the Keystone ... I would love to see as many progressives as we can get to debate her and see what she says. So far she has been shrewd .. and not said anything. I really don't want another Clinton presidency folks .. sorry but they had their day in the sun .. go away.

[harun]

14. Yeah, way too far right.

[wiggs]

8. That says it succinctly and well. Why can't dem leaders and officials say stuff like that each and

write a statement or appear in front of a camera?

[JEFF9K]

9. The big money is used mostly on false political ads. ...

The big money is used mostly on false political ads. ... We need a Constitutional Amendment banning them.

[Liberalynn]

11. He will get my vote

[adieu]

12. In a heart beat

I'd vote for him if he runs.

[rhett o rick]

13. The only prosperity Clinton-Sachs is concerned about is her own and her sponsor

Goldman-Sachs.

[DonCoquixote]

16. form the fucking PAC now!

The very worst he can do in the primary is force Clinton to bend to the left.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. There's a KandR!!!

I want someone who can build on the stepping stones finally in place, thank you PBO and all others making inroads. Whoever can do that most effectively is who I want.

Robert Reich might be able to get some much needed conversation out in public, that's for sure.

[imthevicar]

19. America is a Junkie,

on a 30 year Binge of greed. It's got to hit rock bottom before it will see what has been happening. The Democrats and GOP will not "Get it" till the people stand over them, to serve them notice that the Party is over.

[NancyDL]

20. True - 100% True

Robert Reich Rocks!