Specific policy proposals—the candidates respond

On April 28, we posted a Commentary entitled “Show some courage,” in which we observed that most of the Democratic candidates for president were disappointingly vague about their policy proposals. Mayor Pete Buttigieg provided our headline, as he had been confronted on the topic during his CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper. Since that time, Buttigieg has addressed the issue by articulating 27 reasonably specific proposals on his website, PeteforAmerica.com. We are also pleased to report that as of this writing all of the first-tier candidates have follow suit. While some are more detailed than others, the improvement in clarity and transparency is dramatic and we will all benefit from the improvement.