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antigop

(12,778 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 03:52 PM Sep 2014

Elizabeth Warren won’t say if Hillary Clinton is ‘too cozy’ with Wall Street

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/elizabeth-warren-hillary-clinton-wall-street

Sen. Elizabeth Warren may not be running for president, and she may have signed a letter encouraging Hillary Clinton to run instead, but the progressive New Englander continues to subtly undermine Clinton through omission.

First, she dodged questions last month from a local TV reporter on whether Clinton was the “best choice” for 2016. “Hillary is terrific,” is all Warren said in response. When the reporter asked the question, Warren paused before being pulled away by a supporter.

In an interview with Yahoo! News’ Katie Couric Wednesday, Warren took a similar tack when asked if she thought Clinton is “too cozy” with Wall Street.

“You know, I worry a lot about the relationship between all of them: Regulators, government and Wall Street,” Warren replied.

“But what about Hillary Clinton in particular?” Couric interjected.

“Well, I worry across the board,” Warren responded.
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Elizabeth Warren won’t say if Hillary Clinton is ‘too cozy’ with Wall Street (Original Post) antigop Sep 2014 OP
She's not running, so quit saying that. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #1
Let's play "Gotcha" with Liz Warren, shall we? MADem Sep 2014 #2
It's a good question to ask, but dhpgetsit Sep 2014 #3

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Let's play "Gotcha" with Liz Warren, shall we?
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 04:05 PM
Sep 2014

There haven't been any debates yet, and the field has not been sorted out, yet people are saying that Warren is "undermining" Clinton because she refuses to PUSH Clinton into a candidacy for which Clinton has not yet declared. The timeline for that is Clinton's, not Warren's, and Warren GETS THAT. So Warren, sensibly, stays quiet. She'll probably stay quiet during the debates, as well, because she'll be interested in inserting her perspective into the varying arguments. People will make something of that, no doubt. Never mind that she signed "that letter" that people don't want to remember.

Then, when they try to pin her down and try to make her badmouth HRC, and she refuses to do it, instead deflecting with a general answer, they make something of THAT, too.

That's some whack-a-doodle logic, there. But hey, it was probably written by Luke Russert, the clueless pimply pipsqueak who hates all those "old" women in Congress.

Love this bit:

Warren has repeatedly said she is not running for president, and she recently disavowed a draft committee set up to boost her presidential prospects. But she seems to be running for something.


Gee, did the rocket scientist dribbling this out ever stop to think she might be "running" for ... Fed Chair? Or maybe a cabinet post, like say, Treasury?

Oh, the huge manatee!


dhpgetsit

(1,917 posts)
3. It's a good question to ask, but
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 04:07 PM
Sep 2014

from a political POV, it's not a good time to drive a wedge between HC and EW.

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