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Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 08:00 AM Jan 2018

Warren positions herself for potential 2020 run

Not sure if I've seen this posted here yet.

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.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/02/elizabeth-warren-2020-election-democrats-319045

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Warren positions herself for potential 2020 run (Original Post) Tripper11 Jan 2018 OP
I like Elizabeth Warren and would vote for her in a general, but I honestly don't think she would Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #1

Demsrule86

(68,703 posts)
1. I like Elizabeth Warren and would vote for her in a general, but I honestly don't think she would
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 08:30 AM
Jan 2018

win. We need new faces. I want someone who can win...we need someone like Sherrod Brown who can speak to the rust belt as well...

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