Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Nader supporter Michael Moore needs to shut up [View all]betsuni
(25,380 posts)"There are principles and values we should never compromise, but to be an effective leader in a democracy you need flexible strategies and tactics especially under difficult political conditions. I learned that the hard way during our battle for health care reform in the early nineties. Reluctance to compromise can bring about defeat. ... Marian and I both threw ourselves into the fight to create the Children's Health Insurance Program, which emerged out of the ashes of the Clinton administration's failure to pass universal health care reform in 1993-1994. I learned a lot of lessons about what it takes to get things done in Congress, including how to work across the aisle and lean more effectively on outside allies like Marian. Those lessons paid off when CHIP became a bipartisan success story that continues to provide hatch care to millions of kids every year."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden