The stakes have never been higher. Here's who I plan to vote for in April's Dem primary

[BlueMTexpat]

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/elizabeth-warren-best-candidate-2020-democratic-primary-20200112.html

Fairly long, but interesting! By someone who supported Bernie Sanders in the Dem primaries in 2016, but who has a very different outlook today.

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I plan to vote for Warren on April 28 for two reasons. One is simple, the other a bit more abstract. For starters, the two-term Massachusetts senator has run the best campaign, pure and simple. Her accidental rallying cry was handed to her by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who blocked Warren’s principled stand against the nomination of unqualified Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the Senate floor and added, “Nevertheless, she persisted.”

Since announcing her candidacy last year, persistence has been the hallmark of Warren’s campaign. She’s stuck to her plan and remained true to herself even as the Beltway crowd wrote her off again and again, and in doing so she’s remained a top contender in spite of those naysayers. Her decision to shun big donors for small contributions and play up personal voter contact — yes, including the now infamous “selfie line” — was ridiculed even as her money and support grew. Rather than ignore her biggest stumble — the Native American heritage missteps — she’s owned it through unprecedented outreach to indigenous voters.

Yes, Sanders’ half-century-plus of consistency as a democratic socialist is remarkable, but the story of Warren’s political conversion from somewhat conservative Republican to fiery progressive after she saw firsthand the unfairness of America’s bankruptcy laws is just as compelling and relatable, arguably even more so. Yet Warren and her team know that — with the nation in crisis — personal fortitude, an appealing campaign style and a good personal story aren’t enough.

Warren’s diagnosis of what ails the United States — massive political corruption and a rigged economic playing field against the middle and more struggling classes — is right on the money, pun intended. It’s why she was the first Democratic candidate to see the need for impeaching Trump, and why she’s had a forceful reaction to the president’s reckless actions toward Iran. But it’s also why her detailed plans — for a wealth tax on America’s kleptocracy to help fund universal health care and higher education and eliminate crippling college debt — are her centerpiece and biggest selling point.

The TV talking heads seem to take special pleasure in nitpicking the details of Warren’s plans, in a manner that’s not applied to any of the other candidates. But here’s the thing: Her supporters know — if I may borrow the only good thought that’s ever popped into Salena Zito’s head — to take her plans seriously but not literally. Whatever is typed in a report in 2019-20 won’t be what emerges from the sausage grinder of Capitol Hill. What matters is that President Elizabeth Warren will fight for those sweeping goals with persistence ... and passion.
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Much more at the link.

To make our nation anywhere near whole again - or even partially mended - we need persistence and passion coupled with competence and commitment.

To my mind, Elizabeth Warren is the candidate who best embodies ALL of those qualities.

And I know that if she were a white male, there would be NO question whatsoever about this.

[Sherman A1]

1. I agree that the stakes have never been higher which is why I will vote

For Andrew Yang in the primaries

https://www.yang2020.com/policies/human-capitalism/

[blm]

2. My vote is ALWAYS for the anti-corruption candidate. Warren will defeat Trump

because she best explains to the public how the corruption of the economic system influences every issue that affects their daily lives. And Trump and his administration is the most corrupt in our lifetime.

[BlueMTexpat]

3. I agree with

every word!