Hearing the Falconer #47 ~ 3-June-2019 ~ Tim Ryan's Town Hall on CNN

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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3-June-2019:
Since the video of the town hall is not yet available I am sharing a video of Tim Ryan's announcement that he is running for president.
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Tim Ryan appeared at a Town Hall meeting on CNN the evening of Sunday, June 2, 2019 and answered questions from the crowd. Here are my impressions and also some links to Tim Ryan's books so we can use those to learn more about his ideas.

Ryan represents an Ohio district in the House of Representatives and has been emphasizing the need to defend working people and bring them back to the Democratic party. This is one of the most vital messages Democrats need to focus on.

In the Town Hall Ryan talked about the latest mass shooting and called for banning extended magazines and silencers and for studying gun violence as a public health issue. As a moderate Democrat these are all things I can agree with.

Ryan says we have to tell workers the old jobs are NOT coming back but we have to develop new and better jobs in new technologies. We need to dominate in solar power and in wind power and in building electric cars.

Tim Ryan stresses the need for a national industrial policy that will produce better jobs for the future and get wages up. He intends to be tough on China for unfair trade practices and might even use tariffs but only as part of a broader and well-planned strategy.

Ryan supports Medicare for all and wants to work on promoting better health and better food for Americans rather than just continuing to treat diseases.

Overall, Ryan seems to me to be a powerful, moderate, mid-western Democrat with an important message that will make America a better place. If he is on the ticket in 2020 he can help Democrats win Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. All those states voted Republican in 2016. Bringing all these states back to the Democratic party will help us take back the White House!

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The Deliberate Moderate: Influencing From the Middle

Eisenhower: The White House Years

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

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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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