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RandySF

(58,455 posts)
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:00 AM Aug 2016

Warren Would Be 'Driving Force' Behind Senate Majority, Obama Says

President Barack Obama is trying to convince Democratic donors to open their wallets by telling them liberals like Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren would be the “driving force” if control of the Senate changes hands.

Sending Hillary Clinton to the White House won’t matter much unless Democrats control some legislative levers, according to Obama's pitch. For that to happen, the party needs to fill its campaign war chest.

“Some of the most important achievements we’ve won together since I’ve been president wouldn’t have been possible without a Democratic majority in the Senate,” Obama writes in a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee mailer.

“The bottom line: If we want to see real change continue after I leave office, then we must win back the majority in the Senate this November,” the president writes.


https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/warren-driving-force-behind-senate-majority-obama-says

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Warren Would Be 'Driving Force' Behind Senate Majority, Obama Says (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2016 OP
When Democrats roll up their sleeves and get to work, oasis Aug 2016 #1
Yes! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #2
K & R SunSeeker Aug 2016 #3
Yes, I can see Wall Street money Helen Borg Aug 2016 #4
But not majority leader, right? Qutzupalotl Aug 2016 #5
exactly. cali Aug 2016 #6
Warren is as entitled as anyone to submit her name during party nominations. BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #7
 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
7. Warren is as entitled as anyone to submit her name during party nominations.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 01:51 PM
Aug 2016

She happens to be the chambers 5th-least-senior Democrat, but she can submit her name regardless of how few votes she would win.

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