Just like he invited trump* to look at and use his plan for combating this virus. He wants what's best for the nation, not just what's best for him.

This is the one where Biden needs to nudged a bit further to the left. After that he will be really good.

heard about it.

vote based on environmental issues, Biden was one of the various "environmental" groups' top people in Washington. He always has been and still is. Give us the power, finally, and finally deny Republicans the power to stop us, and watch it happen.

Gasbags who make grand claims and deny who's good on climate do it because they're comparatively (or completely) empty sacks on this suddenly politically useful subject and can't stand the comparison.

It's also rather unselfish. Imagine that.

Biden is trying to win over the Bernie supporters... works better when you credit Bernie!

Glad to see him come back to it.

I actually got stick for posting that link loooong ago.

I obviously was going to vote for him over Sanders anyway, but now I am even happier to do so.

gets three quarters of a trillion that we know about and however how much in "black" funding.

This turn reflects that Joe can listen to everyone and pivot as needed. Now we have to hold the House and take the Senate to make it all happen, and be ready again in two years to turn out record numbers of Democratic voters in 2022.

Well, to be accurate, further builds a coalition.

Pretty soon, the Bernie or busters will be out of excuses, especially once Sanders withdraws and endorses Biden.

I don't. And the worse he gets beat the angrier he will be.

I've been saying that for a while now, so I should probably stick with it. I think if he gets blown out on Tuesday, as seems highly likely, he'll drop out this week.

If he doesn't, then it really is all about him and not about Trump or the progressive movement or his message. He's already flirting with making his "movement" less relevant.

We'll know pretty soon.

Looks like Joe is being overly magnanimous in giving Bernie credit.

Let's see if Bernie will appreciate this gesture.

free University plan. Sanders would hurt the poor people, ultimately. Biden is too responsible for that. But will give Sanders a glow.

I'm hopeful that Bernie will accept his win and fully support Biden's run and help bring his supporters on board. The Bernie or bust crowd won't come on board but we can win without that group. Biden has done a good job expanding his base of support among college educated White women, suburban women and blue collar Whites that Hillary couldn't win over in 2016.

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That's leadership

Reviewing the ideas of others, giving them credit and saying "yes, let's do that"

Joe Biden is exactly who & what we need to unite!

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These policies will help Americans and he recognizes that and has adopted them.

expressed that already.

Its a minor, minor disappointment as I've smoked pot since '68 whenever I want and have had VERY little trouble getting all that I've wanted ever since.

clubs legal in California? I want pot at least taken off federal dangerous drug lists.

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a problem of getting it. He already adapted to some Warren and Sanders' plans, no need to alienate some voters we might need, by letting states do it for now?

The object is to be smart, vote to beat trump, get Joe in office to implement his plans, not be 1-issue voters.

"Two Scoops". I just meant to say you were making a state's right argument for pot legalization. Here in Texas ut gets worse than that - counties, cities, towns can opt dry or not regarding alcohol. In a state that allows me to order a drink and put it in front of my child, I think is eight years old or older.

Let the Feds decriminalize pot and then make all states regulate it. That would even get the SCOTUS involved if there problem with a state's laws.

Bernie's positions are extremely popular. Plus many of them are the right thing to do. The problem has never been his ideas, which poll after poll show the general public supports. The problem is his limited capacity of working well with others.

I still support 100% of Bernie's right to stay in the primaries. It does not hurt the party Noor impair party unity to have vigorous debates more than three months out from the nominating convention.

but Joe is right to start stealing Bernie's positions. That will unify the party as much as a vigorous endorsement from Sanders in July.

be the privilege that would be taking advantage of this. They are already starting at a higher level and the competition would be brutal for those with less. It never made sense what Sanders was proposing. What Biden is putting out is the right thing to do, while giving Sanders the credit to stroke his ego.

There are plenty of ways to design a program so that you're reaching out to and helping those with real financial needs.

The privileged are I'm going to go to private schools, not the tuition-subsidized public schools that Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have been talking about.

as there was no income limit...Warren had the cap. And I like her plan and now Biden's plan. I also like parts of her bankruptcy plan and think student loans should be in there. Those plans are both Warren's plan.

Makes me more excited to get behind Biden now that Warren is out of the race.

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be happy unless Bernie is the nominee and maybe not even then. It’s best to write them off, we can win without them. Biden will have the Obama coalition plus a decent chunk of the white working class in November.

details at their "debates.

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this seems to be Bernie's way to bow out gracefully. Hope that is the case.

Bernie says Biden's plan is not good enough.

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C’mon on Bernie!

that Sanders supporters are now bitching about Joe "stealing" some of other people's ideas and helping to push them forward. Bernie does this all the time himself. He stole Truman's idea for a single payer healthcare plan he came up with circa 1947 and I don't hear none of Harry's supporters whining about it. Keep it up and all you guys will get is a big fat shit sandwich to munch on...even bigger and fatter than the one we've all been eating the last 3 years.

that for that toxic minority of Bernie supporters that it’s not about the issues but about a cult of personality. They should be happy that Joe is willing to adapt some of Sanders’ ideas.

"Mussolini Minions". It ain't the policies, it's all about the personality.

Not all of them, of course...many Bernie supporters here on DU strike me as quite reasonable folks. It's the ones who tweet their asses off.

I think maybe signing up on Twitter instantly reduces one's IQ by 50 points...which is why I stay away from it. That would make mine a negative number.

Make that 1945...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/november-19-1945-harry-truman-calls-national-health-insurance-program

1947 was the year Ken Arnold spotted the first UFO when aliens were coming to tell us "about fucking time you guys had universal healthcare...we've had it on our planet for like 2 million years."

Not for all families. This is a very good move.

The only problem is kids who have rich families who refuse to help them with tuition. My best friend in high school had that type of family. Of course, he was able to take out loans but now he owes a shitload on a public school teacher’s salary. I wonder what can be done with cases like that?

For one, it's generally understood that universal programs are more robust and cheaper to administer.

In addition to the added bureaucratic costs, it could generate other problems - some related to what you just wrote about - and create incentives to game the system. (Here's an economist writing about that: https://cepr.net/the-free-college-battle/ )

While I take Biden's announcement as a welcome development, I think a better answer for people concerned about giving the wealthy something they don't need is a more progressive tax code.

roughly 20% of the top income households...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/

Who ain't gonna vote for Joe anyway because he might raise their taxes by a whopping 3%.

I think we need to be more careful about generalizing everyone within groups of people.

So that's 2 outta how many?

Think it's a pretty safe generalization but will try to heed your warning in the future. No promises, though.

Now I'm off to try and find some numbers to back up my stereotyping or deflate it...because I'm just a numbers-crunching nerd who likes the truth.

Push um’ left; push um’ left...way left.
Go Liz, Go Bernie...

I think it's good that we have more debates and more primaries and have time to excite and engage more voters around the country