Trump's average favorable ratings are unchanged since April.
The most popular candidates among Democrats are Biden who has a 29 point recent average and Sanders who has a 17 point recent one.
Biden leads in more support from blacks than Booker or Harris
Biden leads other Democrats in non-blue states such as Nevada, Mississippi, Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina
Democrats who lead against Trump:
- Biden in Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Carolina, South Carolina
- Sanders in Wisconsin, Florida North Carolina
Also the health care debate was not really about philosophy or ideals, but about the sort of tactical differences you would expect to hear in Congress before a vote on something. My own tactical suggestion as a next step towards healthcare for all: lower Medicare age to 55 and have a public option for the rest.
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Medicare For All, cradle to grave, single pooled resources payer, is no longer an election football. It is now a matter of principle.
Every - that's Every - industrialized nation on earth except ours has single payer health care.
Its so simple. All those who can pay taxes expect that part of those monies be pooled and any health care needed is billed to the holder of the pool.
What we don't expect is that medical providers and drug manufacturers mark up their services and products, even a little bit. If you are providing health care you should not expect a profit, such as you would make from being a merchant. You should expect to get paid, just not three to ten times what you are actually doing and are worth.
We pay a lot, as a country - we are supposed to be the richest country on earth. But unnecessary wars of aggression - not for defense - are draining what could otherwise be spent to educate and provide health care and good jobs for our citizens, who paid the money in the first place.
So to prove we are no less than other countries who have the same thing, we should give no candidate, who is not for unconditional single payer health care, any further consideration. Candidates arguing against single payer are being bought by the medical and pharma industries; no wonder their tired old line is we can't afford it. They just gave the military a huge, bloated budget, and said we could afford that. Maybe so, but do we need it? Certainly not.
Today is Barak Obama's birthday. What would you get him for a present? Shackles, says Jordan Sather. His presidency was a failure of omission and inaction. Forget him and his misdeeds, or no-deeds, too.
Cheers, Tom
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