'Future Hope' Column
By Ted Glick
I tuned into PBS news last evening, hoping for the best. I wanted to
see how they analyzed the results of the two Democratic Party
Presidential debates in Miami. Friday is when they do their week in
review political analysis with centrist Republican David Brooks and
centrist Democrat Mark Shields.
Personally, I was feeling mixed but generally pretty good about the
debates. The major problem I and many other climate activists had with
them was the relative short shrift given to the climate crisis by the
debate moderators. The issue was there, but both nights it was toward
the end, and it did not receive anywhere near the amount of time or
seriousness devoted to it as compared to other issues, despite very
clear signs, gulp, that we may well be entering climate tipping point
territory [the latest: 114 degrees yesterday in France].
On the other hand my favored candidate, Bernie Sanders, had done
well, as did my second choice, Elizabeth Warren. Overall, much of what
was said by most of the candidates was progressive in orientation, which
is a reflection of what is happening in the country. And Joe Biden did
poorly, which was no surprise but which I was glad to see. The last
thing we need is another Hillary Clinton-type DP centrist to go up
against Trump.
Brooks and Shields, as has been true of other centrist political
analysts, were noticeably upset by the results. Given that they are both
likely Biden supporters, this is understandable. I’ve been thinking
ever since he came into the Presidential race that he was likely going
to self-destruct at some point, and that point may have come much more
quickly than I thought it would.
As people have been commenting, the Joe Biden we saw Thursday night
would be eaten up by Trump. But never fear, centrists and corporate
Democrats, there are alternatives.
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Source: tedglick.com
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