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Economy
Rahm Emanuel: Face It. Medicare For All Is A Pipe Dream
2019-10-28
[Hot Air] Now that Rahm Emanuel doesn’t need to worry about running for reelection as the Mayor of Chicago or grooming any Clintons for the White House, he has time on his hands and the freedom to say things that may be unpopular in his own party. This weekend he took full advantage of his unfettered position with an op-ed in the Washington Post where he takes his party to task for their obsession with Medicare For All.

By the time I finished reading the piece I was seriously surprised. This is some clear-eyed thinking that will see him burned to the ground among supporters of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and the rest of the significantly more socialist 2020 hopefuls. But this one section of the essay should really inject a dose of reality into the Democratic debates, assuming anyone is willing to listen.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Because he knows pipe?
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-10-28 20:58  

#2  Because

1) he's in close contact with the moneymen - remember, dialing for dollars was Rahm's only talent, the one that made him dear to Clinton in 1992 and for years afterward-- and those moneymen know that Warren is a buffoon who doesn't know WTF she's talking about

2) Rahm knows what everyone in the Dem elite knows but won't admit: Warren and Sanders are fools driving the Party toward the cliff, cheered on by The Squat and the rest of the Children's Crusade.
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-28 11:02  

#1  It's all an unworkable pipe dream, but we're still getting free stuff, right?

The interesting questions are why is Rahm saying this and why is he saying it now. Trying to stand out among possible Dem candidates as the only one who isn't insane?
Posted by: SteveS   2019-10-28 10:50  

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