all who want it. the chance to get on a medicare plan if you want and keep your private plan if you want, and clear how to pay for it. you talk a lot about the midwest for good reason, you know the midwest as well as anybody in the rest other than perhaps amy klobuchar who knows a little as well. you ve been very concerned about talks of confiscating guns, taxing churches, taking away the private health insurance of 165 americans. very concerned how that s going to play in the midwest. do you fear that too many up on that stage have gone so far left that they re cedei ing the midwt to donald trump? i think we could lose sight of our own goals, what i m propzing to do on health care is the biggest thing to happen to health care. what we are close to being able
the front. barack obama surging, and in the debate, though, last night, the attacks against elizabeth warren, a few of them seemed to really land, and of course her not answering the question about raising taxes. i think more importantly the tone, the style of her approach. one called it punitive, and amy said, you know, your plan s not the only plan basically saying, you know what? we can disagree with you without being bad democrats. we can disagree with you without being bad americans. i think there is general frustration that warren has risen to this point, and she s done so by basically saying i have the boldest approach and anything that comes short of mine is not bold and i have the most educated approach and anything and if you disagree with me, you re feeding into republican talking points, which would be maddening to me if i were on the stage as a democrat. i do think there s genuine frustration among other
warren refused to give a straight answer when asked if her medicare for all proposal would raise taxes on the middle cla class. a yes or no question that didn t get a yes or no answer. this is why people here in the midwest are so frustrated with washington in general and capitol hill in particular. your signature, senator, is to have a plan for everything except this. at least bernie s being honest here a going to pay for this, and that taxes are are going to go up. i m sorry, elizabeth, but you have not said that, and i m tired of hearing whenever i say these things, oh, it s republican talking points. you are making republican talking points right now in this room by coming out for a plan that s going to do that. i appreciate elizabeth s work, but again, the difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something that you can actually get done. saying this is a rules problem is ignoring the reality americans see around us every day. i want to give a reality check here to eli
with her or not. i always go back to this, i always go back to is it going to change anything, you know? i don t think that second tier, two 2, 3% they re not going to break into that first tier. we are where we are. we have the three front runners and you have pete buttigieg pretty much out there. he had a strong performance last night. i thought amy klobuchar had her best performance or all of the debates, and also kamala harris had some strong moments there as well, but that s the thing. i don t know if we are where we are with these debates and if they are really going to move the needle for anyone right now. it seems like everything s kind of frozen in its place at the moment. still too many people on the stage. i agree. you think? way too many people, and you kn know, we see it every four years that iowa sort of waits until after christmas, then they start focusing, and you ll see people like john kerry in 2004 surge to
i believe in this country. i believe in my fellow americans. i believe that they will do the right thing. congressman, you just made it clear that you don t know how this is actually going to take weapons off the streets. if you can develop the plan further, i think we can have a debate about it. but we can t wait. people are dying in the streets right now. listening to my fellow americans, to those moms who demand action. to those students who march for our lives who came up with this extraordinary bold peace plan, let s follow their inspiration and lead and not be limited by the polls and the consultants a and. the problem is the policy, and i don t need lessons from you on courage, political or personal. everyone on this stage is determined to get something done. everyone on this stage recognizes or at least i thought we did, that the problem is not other democrats who don t agree with your particular idea of how to handle this. the problem is the national rifle association an