• Xanis@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is interesting. People are calling him a mixed bag, yet looking into this he clearly supports expanding on existing solutions and has supported potential solutions that offer real-world results, such as expanded drilling. A realistic solution that makes sense in a swing state. The only outlier is Medicare for All and he’d probably say behind closed doors that he needed the votes and compromised with reinforcement of the ACA.

    From what I remember and have seen recently, he strikes me as someone who is quietly playing the game. Becoming VP may allow him to step out and take more progressive stances. Or less progressive, of course. I’ll have to look into him more, though it’s my opinion he’s a good pick, both for more favorable (for us) policies and for the larger election strategy.

    I’ll make an early call that he’s more progressive than he seems at face value. Shame we don’t have that bot which messages us X time later. I’d like to come back to this in the future, see if I was right.