It didn't sound like you meant that when you said "There's also a growing number of people viewing the US as our enemy" and that they want it closed "indefinitely".
A moderate democrat would be ideal at this time, I think. If democrats could muster a viable candidate who wasn't pro-choice then I could overlook some of the other things they may try to implement (universal basic income, decreased military budget, etc). A lot of their social initiatives, environmental policies and such are favorable. I also think that democrats have a better plan to handle COVID-19. I think since their base has shifted so far left and won't budge on many issues that they don't bother running a moderate. This is a problem on the right as well, but to a somewhat lesser degree. Hopefully that changes because we need more nuanced options and real diversity of ideas.
I didn't hear anything about this, I can only imagine how much damage he caused as a man in such a powerful position as he had. Despicable.
Disagree with you on that one. People are suffering both monetarily, health care wise, lack of jobs wise and due to pollution and the 'best' the Dems could do was put up a right wing moderate centrist, ie: Biden.
Sure some independents like him and some R's and more conservative Dems do, but in the end, it leaves a lot of voters out in the cold who are tired of the same old incrementalism of inching towards any kind of remote change.
That kind of thing is ruining people's lives, let alone killing them. As for having someone who wasn't pro-choice, a lot of people would disagree with you there, since that kind of candidate would be able to affect women's lives (over their health care, etc..).
Seriously? I can say the same thing about moderates, they'd rather move further to the right just to maintain the status quo, than to ever move an inch over to the left. People on the left have been compromising for years and it's hurt them in many ways (less pay at jobs, paying more for health care, etc.).
The base may have moved over to the left, but it's not extremely over that way (and even then, moderates, centrists and conservatives on both sides hate it). People want common sense change/reforms, and the Dems, etc., don't want anything to do with it, as it would affect their bottom line, their donors and corporations.
They'll do anything to paint anyone remotely to the left of them as 'socialists, radicals, extremists', if they even dare to challenge the status quo. It's been happening for many years. Look at FDR and the R's back then, he was trying to pass the New Deal and the R's did everything in their power to try to stop him. Same game that both sides are playing now.