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seaglass

(8,173 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:47 PM Feb 2016

Warren Won't Endorse Sanders

http://blogs.wgbh.org/masspoliticsprofs/2016/2/22/warren-wont-endorse-sanders/

"...The truth is that Warren will not endorse until the nomination is a fait accompli. She will not put her foot on the scale to help the now faltering protest candidacy of Bernie Sanders primarily because she believes in the Democratic Party. She believes that a strong united Democratic Party is the key to electoral victory and policy accomplishment.

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There’s no denying the ideological fit between Warren and Sanders, but there is also a significant difference between the two. Warren understands better than Sanders the limited utility of protest politics. She also understands that if Sanders truly is capable of winning in the fall, he would also be capable of winning the nomination without her foot on the scale.

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The perception, repeated by Eric Fehrnstrom in the Globe recently, that Warren owes her own 2012 election to ultra-progressive voters and her “anti-Wall Street crusade” is flatly wrong. Warren was a good candidate who definitely put her progressive message front and center, but she beat Scott Brown because she is a Democrat, not because she is a progressive. Warren understands that the realization of her agenda requires a healthy, powerful Democratic Party. She may sympathize with Bernie’s ideology and values, but she does not sympathize with Bernie’s contempt for the Democratic Party establishment. "

An interesting take and it feels on point to me, we'll see if this comes to pass.

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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
1. I saw another poster say
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:50 PM
Feb 2016

Why would Senator Warren buy a ticket on the Titanic?

That about covers it I'd say lol

still_one

(92,217 posts)
5. She won't endorse anyone until it is clear who the nominee is. Is is politically savvy to not
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:58 PM
Feb 2016

get in the middle of this

seaglass

(8,173 posts)
8. I'm in MA and I don't either. I voted for and appreciate EW as I did Ted Kennedy and John Kerry
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:15 PM
Feb 2016

but who they endorsed/endorse doesn't impact my vote.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,234 posts)
10. People either know who they're going to vote for or not. Endorsements sound great, but I think....
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:38 PM
Feb 2016

way too much emphasis can be placed on them. Ben Jealous endorsed BS, and it hasn't seemed to make a lick of difference.

genwah

(574 posts)
13. I agree completely I've never understood endorsements
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:37 PM
Feb 2016

Well not never but certainly after I saw Michael Jackson endorsing Pepsi, a product his religion forbade. So some athlete likes a certain brand of shoe, that makes it more likely to fit me?

dlwickham

(3,316 posts)
9. I wonder how many times the bus will run over her
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:20 PM
Feb 2016

I wonder how many times the bus will run over her

If this is true I wouldn't want to be the person in charge of herFacebook or Twitter or her secretary in Washington or one of her regional offices because we know that shit is going to hit the fan hard

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
12. If I were a betting man
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 09:47 PM
Feb 2016

and I would be if the government would just make it legal again - I'd bet against her endorsing.

I've felt this from the beginning.

It just doesn't make any sense for her political trajectory. Her political trajectory is excellent right now, when that's the case, you don't deviate course.

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