are still lagging where they need to be. in 2018, governor whitmer and i won on those issues. fixing the roads and infrastructures, improving education, closing the skills gap and guaranteeing drinking water. when democrats speak on those issues they will win in michigan and the country. how about the big picture question. i can tick off things that come to mind. outlawing private insurance. decriminalizing border crossings that are illegal. even calling into question president obama s record relative to deportations. do you worry that a they re of it is now taking hold that the party has just moved too far to the left to satisfy those michigan voters who abandoned the party and went for donald trump? el wewell, michigan voters, michael will speak to those people who speak to their issues and we do not have to choose between being progressive and solving problems. the reality is governor whitmer
it s not a bad thing to debate next. if they re not happy with this this policy and i don t think it s a personal attack on the recommendation, they really don t have many options. president by any means. but you hear a lot of now, we should mention that the democrats, i speak to them, they re nervous about this. family previously received they say we lost in 2016, we $5.9 million in a civil case that was brought and that the city of new york settled very move further left, we re going quickly. but in terms of pantaleo going to lose again. it s been interesting to watch because some of the candidates to jail, that s not going to that took part in the debates, happen. the grand jury has dismissed criminal charges. booker, harris, gillibrand, the department of justice would not proceed with criminal charges. they ve been walking back some so the prospect of him being of the criticism. i wonder how deep the concerns punished in a way tha think the are in the party that this may garner f
trump? and when you think about who would beat donald trump you think about the 77,000 voters. you think about who can get those people back, or the case which i think warren is making and sanders is making, they also make electability arguments, the person you think has the best ideas. and i think there are some interesting polling data around how democrats are thinking about that. but i think that s where it gets complicated i think for democrats. because if you re voting on if you re a democrat and you re voting on what you think the best ideas are, you can look at polling that says your version of the best idea is not very popular with general election voters. you go issue after issue that came up last night. having a medicare for all program that gets rid of private insurance. that s two-one popular with democrats. you re going win a democratic primary if it s just on ideas and just democratic voters. flip it around and ask about general election voter, 54-41 opposition. you s
articulated the details of his policies. when we go after when i heard democratic strategists last night on twitter mock joe biden for a gaff here or there, are they forgetting that president trump told people to go out and vote on november 28th? that s the thing. we get in our little bubbles on twitter or the political sphere and we forget, hey, are people even watching this en masse right now, right? it s the summer of an off year, 15 months from an election. i think you re right. i think democrats are very good at arguing among themselves on medicare for all, on immigration. but the interesting part of it is these are broadly unpopular with the broader electorate and you can t dismiss it. what are broadly unpopular? medicare for all when you eliminate private insurance and decriminalizing border crossings. joe biden is not looking to do either one. exactly but when you dismiss them as republican talking
two main characters fighting off the bolivian army. tonight it was more like gulliver s travels. i mean, there was vice president biden tied down after rope after rope for his long political career. he had to defend every element of it going back, as michael bennet said, 50 years on issues like busing. it was very hard for him to play defense. but he had a couple of allies tonight. i was surprised. on the issue of obamacare for all he was joined on that on his side against it by michael bennet and by tulsi gabbard, who were very strong in his defense. and on the issue of decriminalizing border crossings for the southern border he had a couple of defenders on that issue as well. i thought it was a pretty good divided fight tonight. and i thought like last night the issues were border, decriminalization of illegal entry and of course medicare for all. those issues. i thought those were parallel tonight. and i think he had some supporters. but tonight it was clear that over and over again