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Donald Trump Will Be Re-elected, Unless Andrew Yang is the Democratic Nominee

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13. Trump has given up on eliminating Obamacare, knowing that most Americans don't want to deal with anymore changes to healthcare. The Democrats are arguing as though it is 2010 and health insurance is still a hot topic. Can you see the disconnect? At least Andrew Yang knows enough to just put out there that he would like to expand Medicare to anyone who wants to try it as an alternative to private insurance. That's not much different than expanding Medicaid, which is a part of Obamacare that works well.

14. Impeachment will embellish Trump's drive to paint the Democrats as malicious partisans. His base doesn't see that he did anything wrong and is entitled to obstruct the investigation. One of the things that separates Andrew Yang from the other Democratic candidates (and Nancy Pelosi, for that matter) is that he is not engaging in any of the dismissive, outraged rhetoric that focuses the problem on Trump. Yang addresses the reasons why Trump was elected and how those can be mitigated.

The only reason why Andrew Yang is not among the frontrunners is that he has been repeatedly ignored or belittled by the mainstream press. Sanders experienced much the same thing, but not as bad as the other two guys who threw their hats into the ring in 2016 (yeah, those two) or as bad as Yang. The news media ought not to be making decisions for voters on who to consider. Those same decision-makers spotlighted Hillary Clinton, thereby casting a shadow over her deep flaws. Now, it's time to take the blinders off regarding electability and look at who is in the best position to counter Trump's strengths without making the election about Trump. The only one in the mix is Andrew Yang.

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Bear Kosik is a political scientist by training. His Remaking Democracy in America was published in the fall of 2018 by Stairway Press. Well-received science fiction novels (two under Hugh Dudley) are available on Amazon. Several screenplays (more...)
 

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