Recently I commented on the geriatric ages of many Presidential candidates.* I also gave my favorite three candidates to run for President in 2020. My geriatric candidate has decided not to run (Michael Bloomberg).
As a result, I will fill the number two spot with my geriatric candidate John (The Huick) Hickenlooper (67) former mayor of Denver and two-term governor of Colorado (b February 7, 1952), a mere child compared to Bloomberg. While he lacks name recognition, that is not unusual for Democratic candidates. Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama all lacked name recognition and all ran successfully for president.
The Hick says we don't need Medicare for all because 150 million people are already insured at work. It is the other 180 million we need to work on. He desperately is trying not to type himself as a Capitalist or Socialist as Morning Joe has tried to do.
I do not see Capitalism and Socialism as opposites. There is plenty of private industry in the Socialistic Scandinavian countries for example. I've been to some of these countries, and I don't notice any difference from the U.S. when I am there. There is lots of Socialism in the U.S. such as Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid. In many cases, there are things that the government does not own but we subsidize them so it is as if the government owns them. The more important thing is regulation rather than government ownership. But all this deserves discussion elsewhere.
Thus my current picks are (1) Beto O'Rourke, (2) John Hickenlooper, and (3) Amy (True Grit) Klobuchar. I reserve the right to change my opinion and am tempted by Cory Booker.
You, of course, have the right to choose whoever you wish.
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/02/presidential-candidates-ages.html
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