Obama’s warning is buttressed by recent swing-state polling showing winnable voters are wary of abolishing private health care or legalizing undocumented immigrants’ trips across the border. ADADEven within the Democratic Party, howls of protest greeted Warren’s initial Medicare-for-all. In her current iteration, Warren’s Medicare-for-all proposal runs the risk of both disappointing progressive and failing to mollify moderates. However, voters and candidates should also heed the first rule of politics: Voters can spot a phony a mile away. Obama’s advice would lead Democrats desperate to win to one of the many candidates who have never embraced Medicare-for-all.

Source: Washington Post November 17, 2019 15:00 UTC