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brooklynite

(94,595 posts)
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:31 AM Jan 2018

Warren positions herself for potential 2020 run

Politico:

Elizabeth Warren has spent the past year making a series of below-the-radar moves that would put her in prime position to run for president in 2020 if she decides to.

The liberal icon and Republican bete noire has amassed more money in her campaign war chest than nearly any senator in modern history, groomed political connections with Democrats who've been skeptical of her in the past, and worked to bolster her bipartisan and foreign policy bona fides.

It’s part of a conscious break from the heads-down posture that Warren purposefully maintained during the first five years of her Senate career, a wide range of Democrats close to the Massachusetts senator and her tight-knit political operation told POLITICO. And it’s representative of Warren’s tricky navigation between the wishes of advocates who want her cutting a clear path to 2020, and supporters who think her best bet is to run up the score in her reelection race this year.

The balancing act is evident everywhere, as Warren takes steps she never did when activists were pressuring her to jump into the 2016 presidential race.


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Warren positions herself for potential 2020 run (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2018 OP
I like her and would vote for her janterry Jan 2018 #1
Sen Warren leads the pack with $11 million cash on hand !! at140 Feb 2019 #15
If that's the case get ready for... mreilly Jan 2018 #2
Or...we won't discuss something so petty and meaningless. brooklynite Jan 2018 #4
Maybe not, but... mreilly Jan 2018 #7
...and the people screaming about Warren weren't voting for a Democrat of any sort. brooklynite Jan 2018 #8
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2018 #14
So she should hit back HopeAgain Jan 2018 #9
Can you name one Democrat they won't scream invective about? mcar Jan 2018 #12
I like her but no Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #3
Of all the reasons to oppose her that is the lamest BeyondGeography Jan 2018 #5
She has more energy than most, I suspect. secondwind Jan 2018 #6
Im afraid the repugs tear her apart... samnsara Jan 2018 #10
Sen. Warren helped push Al Franken out. Shemp Howard Jan 2018 #11
I'd vote for her bearsfootball516 Jan 2018 #13
 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
1. I like her and would vote for her
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:38 AM
Jan 2018

I hope she does run. Even if she doesn't get the nomination, she'd bring important policy ideas to the table that will help us as a party. Also, she's pretty good at dealing with Trump.

at140

(6,110 posts)
15. Sen Warren leads the pack with $11 million cash on hand !!
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 07:03 PM
Feb 2019

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who are both running for president in 2020, are the early leaders among the eight U.S. senators running or believed to be considering White House bids.

Warren leads the pack with $11 million cash on hand. Gillibrand is not far behind with $10.3 million in the bank.

Go Elizabeth!!!

 

mreilly

(2,120 posts)
2. If that's the case get ready for...
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:42 AM
Jan 2018

.... the endless, endless, ENDLESS shrieks of "LIAWATHA!" and "POCAHONTAS!" from right-wing turds to quadruple. That's literaly all they've got on her: braying and screaming that she "lied" on an application stating she had Cherokee blood (which was actually substantiated, but facts don't matter to these shameless shitbags).

If that day comes we're all going to have to stick with the facts - that she grew up being told she had Cherokee heritage, that she never assumed it was more than 1/32 of her genetic makeup and that she received no benefits or advantage from the claim.

After all these are people who are just fine with Donald Trump lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying and lying, day in, day out, but the moment they want to accuse a Democrat of it, the pitiful whimpering on their part on how wrong it is to be dishonest (which she wasn't) is pathetically hypocritical. But then, that's a Republican for you - a complete and total hypocrite.

brooklynite

(94,595 posts)
4. Or...we won't discuss something so petty and meaningless.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:46 AM
Jan 2018

Any leading Democratic candidate will get insulted by Trump. The average voter won't care.

 

mreilly

(2,120 posts)
7. Maybe not, but...
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:55 AM
Jan 2018

... refraining from discussing it won't make it go away. These people will be frantically hammering that button like deranged monkeys, screeching that Warren lied on her application so she's unfit to be President.

And just like with the Clinton Foundation, the uranium bullshit, Benghazi, and all the other made-up or exaggerated shit the Republicans flung at Hillary, the topic will not be the economy, jobs, taxes, health care, the environment or foreign relations, but endless news cycles along the theme of "Why does Liz Warren have a credibility problem?" and "Did Warren really earn two teaching jobs through deliberate deceit?"

Unless it's laid to rest by Warren and her supporters so the disgusting Trump monkeys don't get to frame the narrative.

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
9. So she should hit back
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 09:07 AM
Jan 2018

How about his fake Time "Man Of the Year" covers? Why is everybody not calling him "Putin`s Puppit"?

mcar

(42,334 posts)
12. Can you name one Democrat they won't scream invective about?
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 10:27 AM
Jan 2018

That is what Republicans do. President Obama was as "scandal!!11" free as a politician could be. Remember what they said about him?

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)
5. Of all the reasons to oppose her that is the lamest
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:54 AM
Jan 2018

In a Trump/Warren race, age and health will be an issue for the other guy, not her. Here’s a clip of “old Liz” from last year:

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
10. Im afraid the repugs tear her apart...
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 09:18 AM
Jan 2018

..sadly they already have her labeled and deplorables believe all that crap. I'm wanting someone with the fangs and claws needed to shred the smug out of the GOP. That person..in my opinion....hasn't emerged yet altho Biden comes mighty close.

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