Sanders vs. Warren: Candidates crowd each other in hunt for progressive voters

[DonViejo]

Aamer Madhani and Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Published 7:00 a.m. ET June 4, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO – Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are hitting many of the same economic populist notes on the campaign trail, albeit with slightly different inflections, as they make their case to voters.

When Warren stumped in the Bay Area over the weekend, she linked the influence of corporate money in politics and corruption as the driving forces that too often keep Washington from helping Americans. She intoned that “health care is a human right” and plugged her plan to pay for cradle-to-college education and other programs by raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

Meanwhile, Sanders decried “economic starvation” wages and urged primary voters to accept “no middle ground” on issues like abortion, gun control and health care from their Democratic nominee. It was a thinly-veiled jab at the Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden who has cast himself as a moderate who can salve Washington’s hyper-partisanship.

“They would be my dream ticket – put (Sanders and Warren) together on a ticket,” said Robert Means, 69, a Sanders supporter from Milpitas, Calif., as he waited for the Vermont senator to address the California Democratic Party Convention. “I don’t care if they are both from the East Coast.”

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[BlueMTexpat]

1. "Intoned" and

"decried" ... hmm.