• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I think she’s making the same mistake Obama made with healthcare: coming from a background as senators under Republican presidents, they gravitate toward proposals that would likely have passed as-is in the Congresses they served in; but when it’s a Democratic president making the proposal, it needs to be more robust because Congress will water it down as a matter of principle no matter how moderate it is to start with.