QOTD: Ed Rendell
by digby
One thing I'll say for him: you can always count on him to say out loud in front of the rubes what the Party elites usually just say to each other:
Ed Rendell, the former governor of Pennsylvania, said the debate [within the Democratic Party] is really between “economic populists” and “economic realists,” and he added that he doubts it will come to much.
“You can certainly do things to promote a fairer economic reality, but it can’t be the be-all and end-all of the government,” he said. “Wait and see how populist Bill de Blasio is when he actually has to govern.”
“Look at the turnout in New York,” he added. “It’s not like you had people pouring out of their homes to support the populist message…If Elizabeth Warren ran in the Democratic presidential primary, she gets 15-18 percent, tops.”
Then he took a big bite of Dacquoise cake from Patisserie Poupon and delicately licked his fingers.
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