Between calls for health care for all, free college and forgiveness of student debt, I’m asking myself if these are serious propositions or cries for attention in a crowded Democratic Party. With the field of candidates for the Democratic presidential bid looking more like a waiting list for a popular, overbooked left-wing restaurant, you need to make a lot of noise to stand out.
Earlier this year it seemed that every day brought with it a new more radical, more socialist in nature, Elizabeth Warren policy. I assumed she was merely trying to poach as many Bernie Sanders votes as possible from her far-left competitor.