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Re: Rudy Can Fail
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Originally Posted by Adder
You're really not on top of the curve on these things, which are changing rapidly. For example, Minneapolis adopted a phased-in $15 minimum wage last year. St. Paul is considering one right now, and will probably adopt one. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the suburbs do too.
Which is to say Dems do not currently have the power to do anything nationally, and may not for awhile. But things are taking significant leftward turns locally where they do have the power to make change. The smart money should expect that to flow onto the national stage if Dems get the chance.
Watch the positions that Gillibrand is taking these days - Medicare for all, "jobs guarantee," etc. She's probably running for president, but to do it, she's moving to the left side of the party.
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I wish I could find the article, but a few years ago, I read something compelling about the cities across the country picking up where the dysfunctional state and federal governments could not. And in Texas at least, there's been some state backlash on that with the state reacting poorly to local efforts to reduce fracking, or impose plastic bag bans, or put restrictions on car sharing services.
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