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Please respond only if you watched E. Warren's town hall the other night. It's presented here for those who missed it.
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I watched Sen. Warren's town hall, and I have to say I've shifted toward being amenable to her candidacy. She's quite compelling when responding directly to voters, as well she should be for the central theme she's campaigning on, "we've had enough with the Washington of corporate interests," is what she's been advocating for as long as she's held public office and she's definitely got very deep knowledge of the policies and where the "legaleze" in them leaves gaping "loopholes" through which any Fortune 500 firm can "hop, skip and jump."
I mean, really. The woman is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Emerita at Harvard. Her focus areas were:
Some of her research includes:
I liked her general approach, albeit the same one Mayor Pete espouses, of acknowledge a matter, evaluate it, identify solutions and pick one or several and then implement them. I also like that she didn't get out too far over her skis, so to speak and that she listened to what people actually said. For instance, Georgia (~4:45) asked about an apology for the injustices of discrimination, which Jake, in a follow-up, characterized in the context of cash reparations. Warren was quick to return Jake's follow-up query to the matter of an apology, which is what Georgia asked about.
I think for a town hall this early in the election cycle, she stuck a fine balance between vision and specifics. For instance, she suggested allowing the importation of meds from CAN which she said has the same safety standards we do. (I don't know if or to what extent that's true, but it's something specific enough I can check and decide what I think about it.) She proposed allowing Medicare to use its buying power to negotiate lower prices. She also proposed allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. (Not a new idea, for it dates to at least 2003 and was resurrected in '07, '15 and '16, but a good one all the same. Even Trump supports it, but GOP members of Congress do not.)
Of all the things I want most after a reasonably upstanding character, I want a POTUS who is strong enough on policy to "just get down in the dirt" and deal with policies effectively. I've had it with the non-stop campaigning POTUS. I want a POTUS who governs, not one who's focused primarily, from the day after inauguration, no less, on winning reelection. If one's strong on policy and governing, that will speak for itself when election time comes.
What thoughts, with reference to specific timestamp points in the video, have you about Warren's town hall?
Full disclosure statement:
I have elsewhere on DP stated I was not keen on Sen. Warren as POTUS.
I watched Sen. Warren's town hall, and I have to say I've shifted toward being amenable to her candidacy. She's quite compelling when responding directly to voters, as well she should be for the central theme she's campaigning on, "we've had enough with the Washington of corporate interests," is what she's been advocating for as long as she's held public office and she's definitely got very deep knowledge of the policies and where the "legaleze" in them leaves gaping "loopholes" through which any Fortune 500 firm can "hop, skip and jump."
I mean, really. The woman is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Emerita at Harvard. Her focus areas were:
- Bankruptcy
- Contracts
- Secured Lending
- Empirical Methods
- Payment Systems
- Commercial Paper
- Regulated Industries
- Corporations
- Partnerships
- Banking Regulation
Some of her research includes:
- Medical Bankruptcy in the United States -- This study reveals the ways the US medical system drives people to bankruptcy. (~62% of all bankruptcies are due to medical bankruptcy.)
- Bankruptcy Policy
- The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt -- This is a case study that spans TX, CA, TN, IL, PA and CA. The central thesis of the findings is the American middle class throughout the country is in desperate financial straits and among the key causes are job and income loss, sickness and injury, and divorce.
- Service Pays: Creating Opportunities by Linking College with Public Service (An "executive summary" version of it is here: Working Off College Debt)
- The Economics of Race: When Making It to the Middle Is Not Enough
- The Growing Threat to Middle Class Families
I liked her general approach, albeit the same one Mayor Pete espouses, of acknowledge a matter, evaluate it, identify solutions and pick one or several and then implement them. I also like that she didn't get out too far over her skis, so to speak and that she listened to what people actually said. For instance, Georgia (~4:45) asked about an apology for the injustices of discrimination, which Jake, in a follow-up, characterized in the context of cash reparations. Warren was quick to return Jake's follow-up query to the matter of an apology, which is what Georgia asked about.
I think for a town hall this early in the election cycle, she stuck a fine balance between vision and specifics. For instance, she suggested allowing the importation of meds from CAN which she said has the same safety standards we do. (I don't know if or to what extent that's true, but it's something specific enough I can check and decide what I think about it.) She proposed allowing Medicare to use its buying power to negotiate lower prices. She also proposed allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. (Not a new idea, for it dates to at least 2003 and was resurrected in '07, '15 and '16, but a good one all the same. Even Trump supports it, but GOP members of Congress do not.)
Of all the things I want most after a reasonably upstanding character, I want a POTUS who is strong enough on policy to "just get down in the dirt" and deal with policies effectively. I've had it with the non-stop campaigning POTUS. I want a POTUS who governs, not one who's focused primarily, from the day after inauguration, no less, on winning reelection. If one's strong on policy and governing, that will speak for itself when election time comes.
What thoughts, with reference to specific timestamp points in the video, have you about Warren's town hall?