From the Marines Corps manual, Scouting and Patrolling: “[I]f members in the killing zone are attacked by a near ambush, they immediately assault without order or signal directly into the ambush position, occupy it, and continue the assault or break contact, as directed.”
Elizabeth Warren obviously never read the manual.
Facing a compression ambush on Tuesday night by her Democratic 2020 primary opponents, one that would make Arminius of the Battle of Teutoburg proud, Warren hesitated. And so Democrats annihilated Warren’s healthcare plan.
“The difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something that you can actually get done,” said Amy Klobuchar. Attacking alongside Klobuchar were Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden. Warren, they suggested, was fundamentally unfair to suggest that she could offer the cake of gold-plated “Medicare for all” and do so without introducing new taxes on the middle class.
Warren wavered but then doubled down with her mathematically impossible argument that the middle class need not face higher taxes in return for full socialized medicare. Making matters worse, Bernie Sanders jumped in with a straightforward, honest pledge that yes, taxes would indeed go up but that healthcare costs would go down. Warren, sticking to her own talking points, couldn’t bring herself to say the same.
And it showed. The prospective near-front-runner suffered an early loss on a signature issue. And she showed that her eloquence and intellect are, perhaps, not quite ready for a prime-time challenge against President Trump.
