Sanders Calls For $2,000 Per Month In Coronavirus Financial Aid, Plus Temporary Medicare For All

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38. sanders style of governing is not effective

As noted, sanders wanting something is nice but he needs to get other members of the party and Congress to buy in which is something that sanders has been weak on. sanders has zero significant legislative accomplishments in the real world because many of his suggestions are ignored and no one really buys the concept of a magical voter revolution that will force the GOP to be reasonable https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/18/give-bernie-sanders-his-due/

I’ve been critical of Sanders, even as I was sympathetic to most of his ideas. His theory of governing is grossly inadequate: He had a long slate of plans that would require sweeping legislation, but an almost absurd answer on how any of it would pass Congress. He said his grass-roots movement would be so powerful that it would force even Republicans — even Mitch McConnell! — to vote for programs like Medicare-for-all and free college, measures they find utterly abhorrent.

I suspect that Sanders always understood how ridiculous that idea was but nevertheless decided that repeating it was necessary to avoid compromising his position before he ever took office, and to keep popular mobilization at the center of his political project.

It will be interesting to see if sanders can get other Democrats to buy into his plan. Without the support of other Democrats, sanders plan will go no where