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DanTex (20,538 posts) From Democratic Underground 3/10/20
Biden's cabinet shortlists: another reason for Bernie to stay in the race. [View all]
Bernie's not going to be the nominee. For progressives, the priorities are now (A) to ensure that Biden beats Trump and (B) to try to get Biden to govern as progressively as possible.
Part of that means trying to avoid Wall Street people in the cabinet. According to Axios, the three people under consideration for Treasury are Elizabeth Warren and two Wall Street execs (Dimon from JPM and Finucane from BofA). Also, Axios reports that a Morgan Stanley exec is being considered for Commerce, and Mike Bloomberg for World Bank.
This is not unexpected, if we nominate a centrist, we will get centrist policies, and centrist appointments, including Wall Street execs. Obviously I would have preferred a progressive candidate, but the Democratic electorate has spoken.
Still, keeping up pressure from the left is important. Choosing a Wall Street exec for Treasury would not only make for bad policy, it would also be a bad political choice for the future, because Wall Street execs are not popular with much of the electorate.
It's encouraging that Warren is on the short list for Treasury. Hopefully she will end up being the choice.
https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-cabinet-vice-president-picks-b17882ac-3953-450f-8afb-38a3c8dcda57.html
Biden's cabinet shortlists: another reason for Bernie to stay in the race. [View all]
Bernie's not going to be the nominee. For progressives, the priorities are now (A) to ensure that Biden beats Trump and (B) to try to get Biden to govern as progressively as possible.
Part of that means trying to avoid Wall Street people in the cabinet. According to Axios, the three people under consideration for Treasury are Elizabeth Warren and two Wall Street execs (Dimon from JPM and Finucane from BofA). Also, Axios reports that a Morgan Stanley exec is being considered for Commerce, and Mike Bloomberg for World Bank.
This is not unexpected, if we nominate a centrist, we will get centrist policies, and centrist appointments, including Wall Street execs. Obviously I would have preferred a progressive candidate, but the Democratic electorate has spoken.
Still, keeping up pressure from the left is important. Choosing a Wall Street exec for Treasury would not only make for bad policy, it would also be a bad political choice for the future, because Wall Street execs are not popular with much of the electorate.
It's encouraging that Warren is on the short list for Treasury. Hopefully she will end up being the choice.
https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-cabinet-vice-president-picks-b17882ac-3953-450f-8afb-38a3c8dcda57.html
