Bernie Sanders introduced legislation for
state level, single payer healthcare back in 2013.
I think that it's pretty well known that Bernie Sanders is strong on his policy, and he understands how Congress works. Contrast this with HRC, the frontrunner from the Executive branch, who is willing to make concessions like a diplomat. But a diplomat usually exercises diplomacy abroad, so she is not a diplomat. I don't see waffling and adopting other people's policy as anything more than basic assimilation of policy. The only difference between the assimilation and common plagiarism in an undergraduate level paper is that she isn't writing it down. Unfortunately, the word "plagiarism" is also used to indicate the passing off of ideas which do not belong to oneself, but to someone else.
A lot of democrats think HRC is a dirty liar, but because she's willing to negotiate she'll make a good leader. I'm not going to try to refute that and I will just say it is a selling point of which not all political drivers will make use as a hood ornament.
Now what about intellectual property in politics? In Congress, it's clear who wrote what legislation. In the State department, apparently it's ok to steal someone's ideas and then address them as a subordinate, thereby justifying the means by the end result, i.e. promotion. HRC is personally motivated to assimilate her opponent's ideas and pass them off as her own when it comes to healthcare reform, minimum wage, and discretionary spending among other things.
Why are we debating this? Because HRC loves to waffle (gay marriage, Benghazi, big money & power politics), we know she is not going to exhibit the same leadership to which we are accustomed.
So the best option for dems in June is to stay the course. Bernie will bring the campaign to the DNC if they won't come to him. Every time you say HRC is being "pushed left" by some mysterious force, remember that the force is the American people represented by Bernie Sanders. Every time she assumes a new political stance, she is not playing hard to get but playing by ear. Every time she adopts a new cause, she is not learning but being misunderstood as a samaritan in partisan clothing. Bernie Sanders is addressing the American people. HRC is addressing the DNC and the DNC superdelegates are not acting in the best interest of the people represented by regular delegates.
