The Establishment's Last Gasp by Jonathan Taplin on Medium

I recently joined Medium, and after reading this post, I wanted to share it with Wacco members who might enjoy it. On Medium, they list how long it will take on average to read the post, which I've never seen anywhere else.

I think this writer makes a lot of good points, although I did notice he needs a proof reader. What do you think about his premise?

https://medium.com/@jonathantaplin/t...372#.7t61ej7yv

Thanks, this is a great article. I especially like this segment:

"My guess is that Trump will flame out in the next six weeks. For the Republican establishment, it is clear that folks like the Koch Brothers would be very happy with Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. Both are pledged to lower their taxes and fight any efforts to make climate change a priority. Both are fighting to be the super hawk. On the Democratic side the interregnum calculation is more nuanced. Both Clinton and Sanders believe in the demogaphic shifts that will make America a true multi-culture. Both embrace the science of climate change and believe it is a key priority. But it is in the other two elements that I worry about Clinton. She is no less a hawk than Rubio or Cruz. The possibility of radically rethinking why we spend almost 60% of our discretionary budget on the military will not happen on her watch. And then there is the matter of Wall Street. There is nothing in the 25 year history of the Clintons that would lead me to believe they would really take on Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Bill and Hillary can talk like populists, but they consistently come down on the side of the plutocrats. So that leaves true reform progressives with Bernie Sanders. He is an imperfect leader, but sometimes you have to play the cards you are dealt. It’s clear the Clintons spent last year making sure that Elizabeth Warren or Deval Patrick did not run. They clearly didn’t think that an obscure 74 year old democratic socialist from Vermont would be a real challenge. But he is. It may be that 2016 is the last gasp of the establishment on both sides of the aisle and we will see a Clinton vs. Rubio election in November. But it also could be that Sanders is right and, “It is just too late for establishment politics and establishment economics.” Then if he could get Elizabeth Warren as his running mate perhaps we could get out of this Interregnum sooner rather than later."
#feeling the Bern

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Posted in reply to the post by Shandi:

I recently joined Medium, and after reading this post, I wanted to share it with Wacco members who might enjoy it. On Medium, they list how long it will take on average to read the post, which I've never seen anywhere else.

I think this writer makes a lot of good points, although I did notice he needs a proof reader. What do you think about his premise?

https://medium.com/@jonathantaplin/t...372#.7t61ej7yv

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Thanks for sharing this portion, especially since most people may not click on the link. The one part that stuck me as kind of funny is "So that leaves true reform progressives with Bernie Sanders. He is an imperfect leader, but sometimes you have to play the cards you are dealt." Show me a "perfect" leader, and since when don't we have to play the cards we're dealt. I'm glad to see that Bernie is part of the hand we're dealt, since it gives me hope, and that feeling "trumps" all others that many of us experience on a daily basis.

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Posted in reply to the post by KWilson:

Thanks, this is a great article. I especially like this segment:

"My guess is that Trump will flame out in the next six weeks. For the Republican establishment, it is clear that folks like the Koch Brothers would be very happy with Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. Both are pledged to lower their taxes and fight any efforts to make climate change a priority. Both are fighting to be the super hawk. On the Democratic side the interregnum calculation is more nuanced. Both Clinton and Sanders believe in the demogaphic shifts that will make America a true multi-culture. Both embrace the science of climate change and believe it is a key priority. But it is in the other two elements that I worry about Clinton. She is no less a hawk than Rubio or Cruz. The possibility of radically rethinking why we spend almost 60% of our discretionary budget on the military will not happen on her watch. And then there is the matter of Wall Street. There is nothing in the 25 year history of the Clintons that would lead me to believe they would really take on Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Bill and Hillary can talk like populists, but they consistently come down on the side of the plutocrats. So that leaves true reform progressives with Bernie Sanders. He is an imperfect leader, but sometimes you have to play the cards you are dealt. It’s clear the Clintons spent last year making sure that Elizabeth Warren or Deval Patrick did not run. They clearly didn’t think that an obscure 74 year old democratic socialist from Vermont would be a real challenge. But he is. It may be that 2016 is the last gasp of the establishment on both sides of the aisle and we will see a Clinton vs. Rubio election in November. But it also could be that Sanders is right and, “It is just too late for establishment politics and establishment economics.” Then if he could get Elizabeth Warren as his running mate perhaps we could get out of this Interregnum sooner rather than later."
#feeling the Bern

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