Abdul El-Sayed is no Barack Obama. In terms of what he expects government to do, he’s far more ambitious.

If you thought Obama’s expansion of the federal government went too far, consider what El-Sayed has in mind.

El-Sayed criticized Obama in the past for the former president’s inability to institute what El-Sayed believes was a big enough government, with nationalized, universal health insurance, price controls and expansive environmental authorities.

But now he stands just votes away from a position that would give him the ability to push the expansive and expensive plans he has advocated throughout his campaign — plans that “stand on the shoulders of giants,” as El-Sayed characterized his work in 2018. He sees it as a continuation of what others before him, like Obama, haven’t yet accomplished.

Obama campaigned for El-Sayed and his U.S. Senate bid in Michigan on Oct. 24.

Much attention has been given to the criticism........

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