Alan Howe tries to reshape Democratic Party debate by running for president

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(In the interest of fairness)

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/alan-howe-tries-to-reshape-democratic-party-debate-by-running/article_02acd544-b115-58bc-98bb-3e45f396f397.html

But the Carlisle resident and retired Air Force strategic analyst isn’t necessarily doing it for the win, although he won’t rule out the possibility of a victory, but rather to shift the conversation among Democratic candidates toward what Howe views as the United States’ major existential threats.

“I don’t want people to think that we’re running at this without thinking that we can win, or that I’m running at this thinking that I couldn’t possibly govern if I was in the White House,” Howe said.

But he admits that his path is far different than it would be for a higher-profile candidate, and is geared more toward shifting the conversation in what Howe sees as the right direction rather than getting Howe himself the nomination.

Ideally, this would involve Howe getting enough support to appear at one of the Democratic primary debates where he could then shift the conversation and push back against national political narratives that Howe sees as fundamentally wrong-headed.

“Our strategy is to tell voters face-to-face that their votes count more than someone else’s dollars, and to have them try to make an example of this campaign by getting us on that debate stage,” Howe said.

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1. Interesting article, I really knew almost nothing about him....

I do like what he says about that idiot president:

In Howe’s view, Democrats have backed off too far and risk sacrificing the wider point that Trump and the GOP as a whole are the major roadblock for Democratic policies that could, quite literally, save the nation.

“Otherwise he’s going to go into the election in 2020 without people actually criticizing him, without overtly, sternly criticizing him,” Howe said. “I think it’s important Democrats engage with him.”