On the January 2nd episode of The Majority Report, Sam Seder talked about the folly of deciding on ‘electability” now.
“Making the electability argument is the most detrimental force to getting a better candidate from the perspective of the left. Because “electability” is exactly what you will hear to discount anyone coming from the left.”
It’s a great point. He goes on to explain that the center right wants to define electability. He points out that there are people and industries that want to set what is electable for the left, especially in certain issues, like health care.
Then they illustrated this with clips of two democrats who were auditioning for lobbyist positions for drug companies and health insurance companies following the 2020 elections.
The drug companies and health insurance firms will want to influence whomever is running for president on the left. Since nobody knows exactly who it will be, they will cover all their bets. They hire former politicians as lobbyists on the left, betting that in 2020 a Democrat president will be in power.
The drug and insurance companies want to determine what is “electable” FOR THEM. They want to set what is a “reasonable” position on . . . → Read More: Stop letting lobbyists, pundits and media decide who is electable in 2020
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