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(85,996 posts)
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 07:44 PM Jun 2014

Warren: “Democrats are the same page on what’s happening to America economically."

from Buzzfeed:

The progressive senator has raised $2.3 million for Democratic senate candidates and is showing up in states where you’d least expect her.


____ Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator and unabashed populist, has been aggressively campaigning and fundraising for Democrats across the country — and welcomed with open arms in states where it’s surprising to see her, like Kentucky.

On Sunday, she rallied a friendly crowd in Louisville for the state’s Democratic nominee, Alison Lundergan Grimes. Next, she’ll head to West Virginia to stump for Natalie Tennant. She’s already been to Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington State, and more stops are likely to be announced soon. It’s not just her message that Warren’s spreading: According to Warren’s political team, she has raised and given $2.3 million through her PAC, fundraising events, and email solicitations to 28 senate Democratic nominees — including vulnerable red-staters like Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Warren’s appeal for Democrats wanting to rally their base is clear: She produces enormous, almost celebrity-like, enthusiasm from supporters.

“Democrats are the same page on what’s happening to America economically. That’s what we’re all out there talking about,” Warren told BuzzFeed in an interview. “I don’t agree with every Democratic candidate on every issue. But on the core economic issues, the fact the playing field is tilted, on the need to fight for working families, we are all in the same place and that’s why I’m out here.”


read: http://www.buzzfeed.com/katenocera/elizabeth-warrens-senate

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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
12. I agree with Warren ...
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 08:42 AM
Jul 2014

Democrats ARE all on the same page ... some are just at the top, or middle, or bottom of the page.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. Yes she is doing great things in different states, this is good, without the majority in both the
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 08:01 PM
Jun 2014

House and Senate Democrats will be unable to push their agenda. We as Democrats need to wake up and push for more Democrats to be elected, stop this ranting and raving about possible presidential candidates in 2016. It will not matter unless we hold both sides of Congress. We need a Democrat president for several more years to change SC so we do not have bad decisions coming out of the SC.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
5. If only I trusted this prez to....
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 08:10 PM
Jun 2014

..have the guts to nominate a liberal to replace any of the hardline conservative justices should they pass away or retire.

Unfortunately what history and my gut tells me is that there will be cries to not "insult the legacy/memory/whatever" of any of those judges by appointing someone not of their way of thinking to take their place on the bench, or whatever other beltway insider bullshit will be thrown out there.

And unfortunately as we've seen far too often, Obama cares more about what the DC media and the beltway cocktail party circuit has to say than anything else. He can rarely resist the urge to be "bipartisan" and "centrist" about things.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
8. They were replacing liberal justices.
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:42 AM
Jun 2014

So while there was an obviously the usual harumphing, the stakes weren't high.

When the stakes are high, the Republicans move into action and go on the offensive. Unfortunately when the stakes are high and there is pushback, Democrats get scared and cave.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
7. If nomination was the only step in putting judges on SC and in other judicial positions
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 08:32 PM
Jun 2014

It would be really easy, next the Senate has to vote for the nominee, this is where he knows there will be a problem. This is another good reason to stack the Senate with Democrats no matter which party is in the presidency.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
3. We'll see who is on the same page...
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 08:07 PM
Jun 2014

We'll see just how on the same page conservadems like Landrieu and Pryor are when it comes time to actually doing something. Like Dean before her, Warren seems to be using her liberal bona fides and celebrity to get Dems elected and for what seems to be the good of the party. And I'm sure like Dean before her, she'll be kicked to the curb when it comes time to govern and put things into action.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
10. I want to hear the candidate's position on these fucking trade deals.
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 05:04 AM
Jul 2014
All the Democratic candidates for president will have to disclose their true position on the democracy destroying trade deals.
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