Analysis: The left has pushed the Democratic Party, but Biden isn't passing the litmus tests
In this edition: The left’s Biden problem, the rebirth of a health-care wedge issue, and not much room for #NeverTrump in New Hampshire.
“I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then come back today and say we need a 'middle of the road' approach to save our lives,” she said. On climate, on immigration, and on health care, the left spent more than three years rewriting the Democratic Party’s agenda. Biden, who participated in none of that, has embraced some of the left’s agenda — he is for a $15 federal minimum wage, which Hillary Clinton was not. But he’s the first leading candidate in this primary whom the left doesn’t seem able to influence.
“It's early,” Prakash said in a short interview. “Most of the support he's received is coming because he just announced his campaign and because he has such close ties to Barack Obama. As people get used to the idea of 'President Joe' instead of 'Uncle Joe,' and they take a look at different candidates' policies, I think you'll see some different polls.”
Biden's description of the threat, and his promise to talk more about climate as the campaign progressed, reflected one of the goals of the Sunrise Movement: to move the conversation their way and make climate a priority for every candidate. At the same time there has been a small decline in support for the actual Medicare-for-all bill, which would replace most private insurance with Medicare over a two-year phase-in. By the end of the past Congress, the legislative vehicle for Medicare-for-all, H.R. 676, had 124 co-sponsors in the House. The new Congress has 40 more Democrats in the House, but the new version of Medicare-for-all, H. R. 1384, has just 108 co-sponsors.
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