The fascist Bloomberg just dropped like a wilted lily. Sanders and Warren are doing more than you think … they’re pushing the Democratic party to the left. Biden’s views…
* Public option (check)
* Free college (almost – for two years, then generous loan forgiveness and repayment capped at 5% of income)
* Federal decriminalization/descheduling of marijuana, and not interfering with state-level full legalization (check)
* Support of public transit and AMTRAK … there’s a reason why he’s called “Amtrak Joe” – he used to commute by train from Delaware to DC on the regular (check).
His views have been forced to the left by Sanders and Warren. A moderate calling for all of this would have been unthinkable a few years ago. It would be brilliant if he picked Warren as a VP – he’d likely lock up many women’s votes by doing so, and when he’s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a year or two down the line…