THE NOTE: A showdown between Sanders and Warren for the progressive mantle may be inevitable. But tonight, the potential disagreements on display not necessarily among the front-runners, but between them and the rest, rickklein writes.
Two progressive powerhouses will be center stage for night one of the second Democratic debate on Tuesday.
A showdown between Sanders and Warren for the progressive mantle may be inevitable. But that doesn't make it immediate, with potential disagreements on display not necessarily among the front-runners, but between them and the rest.Of course, relative to several who will share the debate stage with him tomorrow -- who have struggled in the low single digits the polls -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is sitting just fine.
Still, campaigns need momentum, and Warren has cannibalized a lot of his. Sanders has stalled or slid in several recent polls. "We're talking about taking away 150 million people's private health care, and the first thing we're going to do is we're going to give undocumented people the health care? How about the 35 million Americans who work, who are one illness away from financial bankruptcy? Talk to them. Focus on them. They're going to vote," he said.
Monday morning, days before she is expected to take the debate stage, Harris unveiled a plan that would allow people to buy into Medicare, or keep their private insurance that would adhere to Medicare's cost and benefits requirements. Her plan is also different from Sanders because it hopes to fund Medicare by taxing Wall Street stocks, bonds, and derivatives instead of the middle class.
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