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Overflow crowd for Senator Warren event in Iowa (Original Post) Gothmog Jan 2019 OP
So much for the narrative that people aren't enthusiastic about Warren. MrsCoffee Jan 2019 #1
That is my Senator. sheshe2 Jan 2019 #9
I really really like her. MrsCoffee Jan 2019 #10
you can't do that! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #28
We have many candidates to come, but for now she's my favorite manor321 Jan 2019 #2
I can't think of anyone I would choose over her in the primary elmac Jan 2019 #18
There are several good democrats who I would support Gothmog Jan 2019 #23
Wraparound line for Warren event. Venue already at capacity riversedge Jan 2019 #3
. Takket Jan 2019 #19
k&r excellent Kurt V. Jan 2019 #4
Good! Elizabeth pointed out POC Cha Jan 2019 #5
The exploratory phase seems to be going well BeyondGeography Jan 2019 #6
I'm so glad. I really, really like her from the ground up. hedda_foil Jan 2019 #7
But she's so unlikable MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #8
Brawaaa.. chucky fuck todd.. Cha Jan 2019 #11
Off to a good start oberliner Jan 2019 #12
I'd love to see a woman/woman ticket in 2020. panader0 Jan 2019 #13
One HAS to be a woman of the minority persuasion...... a kennedy Jan 2019 #22
Wouldn't it be great if some of the b and c grade candidates dropped their plans rgbecker Jan 2019 #14
+100000 demigoddess Jan 2019 #15
I believe she is out in "Steve King country" rurallib Jan 2019 #16
That's tomorrow. progressoid Jan 2019 #27
Good luck EW! aikoaiko Jan 2019 #17
We have to stop MSM from defining ''what'' the people want and don't want. Fuck them. YOHABLO Jan 2019 #20
Another overflow crowd Gothmog Jan 2019 #21
Thanks for photo riversedge Jan 2019 #25
Wow. That's really great to see! herding cats Jan 2019 #24
I'm not crazy about her age or charisma... HopeAgain Jan 2019 #26
This made me smile Gothmog Jan 2019 #29

MrsCoffee

(5,801 posts)
1. So much for the narrative that people aren't enthusiastic about Warren.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 07:48 PM
Jan 2019

I'm so glad that she is running!

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
9. That is my Senator.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 08:00 PM
Jan 2019

I met and spoke with her when she campaigned for our Senator Markey. Very small gathering at one of his campaign offices. She is a dynamic speaker.

 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
2. We have many candidates to come, but for now she's my favorite
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 07:49 PM
Jan 2019

I hope she does well. Over the next few months many candidates will come forward. I may change my mind again and again. But for now Warren is my favorite. It will depend on how the primary campaigns go.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
18. I can't think of anyone I would choose over her in the primary
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 10:30 PM
Jan 2019

Unless Pres Obama or HRC decided to run again, I would have to think on that a while. It is really too early to know for sure. I just wish her the best, a strong wind at her sails always and good health.

Gothmog

(145,147 posts)
23. There are several good democrats who I would support
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 10:36 PM
Jan 2019

Senator Warren is clearly a very strong candidate who I would be happy to support

BTW, the Texas delegation at the national convention was seated behind the Mass. delegation. Senator Warren sat three rows in front of me

riversedge

(70,197 posts)
3. Wraparound line for Warren event. Venue already at capacity
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 07:49 PM
Jan 2019

I am glad people are interested in hearing her talk.



Takket

(21,563 posts)
19. .
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 10:32 PM
Jan 2019

We don't need another hero,
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the ThunderBOWL!

Cha

(297,158 posts)
5. Good! Elizabeth pointed out POC
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 07:54 PM
Jan 2019

have a much harder struggle in her Vid, and she had a spot With President Obama. She wasn't running From him.

hedda_foil

(16,373 posts)
7. I'm so glad. I really, really like her from the ground up.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 07:57 PM
Jan 2019

I'll work and vote for whoever wins the nomination. And she may not be my first choice when it's time for the Illinois primary. But she's at the top of my list as of right now.

I do believe that her platform has broad appeal. Of course, the financial industry, their lobbyists, and the pols who feed at their trough, find her a totally unlikable, dis-likable and thoroughly nasty woman.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
13. I'd love to see a woman/woman ticket in 2020.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 09:24 PM
Jan 2019

It's long past due. And we Democrats have many female candidates.
As a man I say that my gender has a pretty bad record as leaders.
I'm thrilled to see so many women in the House now, so much diversity.
To a great degree, women started this powerful movement.

rgbecker

(4,830 posts)
14. Wouldn't it be great if some of the b and c grade candidates dropped their plans
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 09:32 PM
Jan 2019

and joined Elizabeth right now to spread her progressive message and get her high on the list of name recognition nationwide.

She's smart, speaks well and has the credentials and she will persist!

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
15. +100000
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 10:02 PM
Jan 2019

the progressives would like her if they would let go of the idea of only a man can win. Ps. about her 'Native American scandal" I was told I was 1/8th Cherokee by my uncle. When I did the DNA it came back with none. Reason, they were sold on the idea back when so-called genealogists went around claiming that they could prove that and get you money. My uncle said, a little before he died,"I spent a lot of money and time but finally I proved it" It was all a scam. Too bad he did not live to the Ancestry.com era. He died in the 80s.

progressoid

(49,987 posts)
27. That's tomorrow.
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 02:02 AM
Jan 2019

Although, sadly, King did represent Council Bluffs for a term or two before re-districting.

I was there but didn't get in.



Warren kicked off the tour in Council Bluffs Friday night. On Saturday, she'll travel to Sioux City in Woodbury County, which voted firmly in favor of Donald Trump in 2016 but supported Democratic Congressional candidate J.D. Scholten in the 2018 midterms.

"I think visiting a place like Sioux City is going to teach you a lot about other communities in Iowa as well as throughout the Midwest and the Rust Belt where manufacturing jobs and other economic opportunities may have changed in recent years," said state Rep. Chris Hall, D-Sioux City.

Warren will head to rural Storm Lake in deep red Buena Vista County where registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats 36 percent to 26 percent, and about 48 percent are independents.

Art Cullen, editor of the Storm Lake Times and a voice for rural Democrats, said it's notable that Warren chose to stop in his often overlooked town on her first visit to Iowa.

"My advice to Democrats in rural Iowa is to show up. And she’s showing up," he said. "Tom Harkin showed up there. Berkley Bedell showed up there. J.D. Scholten showed up there and damn near beat Steve King. The independents are still a huge number of voters in the 4th District, and they aren’t necessarily racist. It's just that nobody’s talking to them."

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/01/04/elizabeth-warren-first-iowa-appearance-2020-council-bluffs-caucuses-president-sanders-trump-election/2464173002/




 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
20. We have to stop MSM from defining ''what'' the people want and don't want. Fuck them.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 10:33 PM
Jan 2019

People need to wake up and realize how manipulated the public is by MSM commentary. Elizabeth is as qualified as Hillary Clinton, although her experience comes from a more economic background. None the less she's super smart and willing to call the Banking Industry out .. to their face. She's not afraid to go there.

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
26. I'm not crazy about her age or charisma...
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 11:53 PM
Jan 2019

Those things are irrelevant. I am totally onboard with her message and her courage to take on the rich snd powerful. I think that is what this party needs.

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