Hearing the Falconer #41 ~ 13-May-2019 ~ John Delaney was the First Democrat in the Race

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world....
from The Second Coming, William Butler Yeats, 1919

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface.
The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

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13-May-2019: John Delaney Was the First Democrat in the Race
Why I'm Running For President
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This morning I see Democratic Candidate and former Congressman from Maryland John Delaney at 0.6% among his rivals. Biden is at 41.4%, Sanders at 14.6%, and Warren at 8.0%. So Delaney is far back in the pack, but that's a shame because Delaney deserves our serious consideration.

Delaney was the very first Democrat to announce his candidacy all the way back on July 28, 2017 in a Washington Post Op-Ed. He has already been running for almost two years! But I like that he knows what he wants and goes after it and doesn't keep people speculating for months about what he will do.

I also like that he did not try to keep his Congressional job while running for President. Too many people try to keep one political job while running for another which seems to suggest they are not fully committed to the people who already elected them. Delaney is not doing that.

I like that Delaney talks about excessive partisanship and the need to cool that down.

In his Op-Ed Delaney says: "As a progressive businessman, I’ve made it a priority to be solutions-oriented and have been consistently recognized as one of the most innovative and bipartisan members of Congress. I’ve done this by simultaneously celebrating the power of our free-market economy while insisting that there is a role for government to set goals and rules of the road and take care of those who are left behind."

This is exactly what we need!

• Bipartisanship.
• Free-markets limited by reasonable rules.
• Help for people suffering from economic forces over which they have no control.

Delaney also understands that we need to plan for the future and not try to escape into fantasies of the past. He says: "Technological innovation, automation and globalization are the most powerful forces in the world today. These forces have been enormously positive; they will continue to make life better, enhance productivity, solve some of the world’s most difficult problems and open societies. Sadly, these forces will also eliminate certain jobs and require workers to learn new skills more quickly. They will create security risks and strain our resources. We need to respond to these large-scale opportunities and challenges by thinking about policy from a fresh perspective. What are the resources we have, how do we compete and create jobs, how can we ensure that everyone has a fair chance, and how do we protect ourselves?"

This is exactly the kind of talk we need to hear; these are exactly the kinds of ideas we need to consider; this is exactly the kind of candidate we need in the race for the Democratic nomination!

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The "Hearing the Falconer" Library

Books for Independent Thinkers

Truman

Moderates: The Vital Center of American Politics, from the Founding to Today

The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It

Unapologetically Moderate: My Search for the Rational Center in American Politics

The Deliberate Moderate: Influencing From the Middle

Eisenhower: The White House Years

The Constitutional Convention: A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison

Lincoln

Reflections of a Radical Moderate

Washington: A Life

The Reluctant Republican: My Fight for the Moderate Majority

Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life

Theodore Roosevelt: A Life

The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides

Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates

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