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RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 09:34 PM Dec 2014

Would Elizabeth Warren’s Fighting Spirit Be Enough to Beat Hillary?

Would Elizabeth Warren’s Fighting Spirit Be Enough to Beat Hillary?
12/17/14



Elizabeth Warren is outspoken, uncompromising, and strong-willed. Everyone knows that. However, would her brash personality be enough to defeat Hillary Clinton in a presidential showdown? New York Times columnist David Brooks seems to think so.

...Brooks continues to bolster Warren’s theme of fighting and confrontation by noting how the Democratic Party is “growing more combative,” saying the “there’s an underlying and sometimes vituperative sense of frustration toward President Obama, and especially his supposed inability to go to the mat.”

Each year, more and more Democrats become dissatisfied with the ever-increasing amount of power that corporations accrue with each election cycle. In 2001, 51 percent of Democrats were displeased with corporate power. Ten years later, that number grew to 79 percent.

Warren has the aggression, but she also has the intelligence to temper that aggression from becoming petty, white-hot anger. Also, there are more Democrats that are willing to buy into her populist, anti-corporate message. Now, as to whether or not she’d defeat Hillary, Brooks reminds us that history is against Warren because “the establishment wins.” However, Warren has the fire, and appears to have the support.

http://ringoffireradio.com/2014/12/would-elizabeth-warrens-fighting-spirit-be-enough-to-beat-hillary/
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Would Elizabeth Warren’s Fighting Spirit Be Enough to Beat Hillary? (Original Post) RiverLover Dec 2014 OP
Hell Yes We Can! NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #1
Damn straight!! RiverLover Dec 2014 #2
damn skippy AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #13
Could very well be, imo, elleng Dec 2014 #3
Once again, have you read her book? JDPriestly Dec 2014 #19
How many versions of this will you post.... Historic NY Dec 2014 #4
I didn't write the article. RiverLover Dec 2014 #6
Okay its like I keep reading an re-reading the same thing Historic NY Dec 2014 #7
Sorry. RiverLover Dec 2014 #8
She is gaining percentage points in the polls while Hillary has peaked. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #18
Warren has stated she isn't runnling. That means she isn't fighting Hillary. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #5
HRC has not stated she is running either. Let's hope she doesn't, and Warren DOES! peacebird Dec 2014 #9
Warren has specifically stated that she is not running. Clinton has not made up her mind. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #11
See my post #16. America needs Elizabeth Warren. Of course she will run. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #17
She has to fight to win. The only thing she as fought is the very idea that she is running. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #22
We shall see. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #29
I will ask you the question that I ask everyone who says that Warren has stated she isn't running. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #16
I have heard or read every interview where she is asked if she has running. She says No. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #23
I ask again whether you have read her book. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #26
Her book does not say she is running for President. She was asked. She said no. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #27
Thanks JD. Lots of good info. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #24
Haven't heard either Warren nor Clinton say they are running for the Office of Pres 2016. misterhighwasted Dec 2014 #10
I agree. I will vote for the Democrat in the General. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #12
If its getting old to you, why are you reading the threads about it? RiverLover Dec 2014 #25
Are you 14? misterhighwasted Dec 2014 #28
"Are you 14" Are you personally insulting me? RiverLover Dec 2014 #30
Give it a rest. You can be civil to those who support your preferred candidate misterhighwasted Dec 2014 #32
I don't vote Republican. RiverLover Dec 2014 #33
?? What on earth are you talking about? misterhighwasted Dec 2014 #34
No really, its Adios to you. RiverLover Dec 2014 #35
Hillary will not win Florida against Jeb Bush.Repubs want an alternative, but will not go to Clinton TheNutcracker Dec 2014 #14
Good analysis. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #31
K&R. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #15
Spin alert! EW's "brash personality". I've never seen her speak in other than respectful tones ... Scuba Dec 2014 #20
That's true. Again, you catch something spinning. Thanks Scuba! nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #21

Historic NY

(37,451 posts)
4. How many versions of this will you post....
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 10:00 PM
Dec 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12651888


If this was the old days when they actually had conventions where the candidate was selected then perhaps, but so far she isn't gaining any traction. In reality she is shunning the issue of running. By all means please proceed regaling us with her exploits.

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
8. Sorry.
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 10:18 PM
Dec 2014

I was being annoyed by a mosquito & became annoying myself. Believe it or not, I held back. But I'll try to keep the redundancy down.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
18. She is gaining percentage points in the polls while Hillary has peaked.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:39 AM
Dec 2014

And Hillary is not going to do anything or say anything that shakes things up enough to hold her peak.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
5. Warren has stated she isn't runnling. That means she isn't fighting Hillary.
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 10:05 PM
Dec 2014

Since she isn't fighting Hillary, Her fighting Spirit won't beat Hillary.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
9. HRC has not stated she is running either. Let's hope she doesn't, and Warren DOES!
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 10:22 PM
Dec 2014

Because we want the Dems to win the White House, and frankly I believe Warrens message and lack of baggage will play a LOT better in the general election than HRC will...

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
11. Warren has specifically stated that she is not running. Clinton has not made up her mind.
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 10:33 PM
Dec 2014

on 2016. She has not said that she is not running.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
17. See my post #16. America needs Elizabeth Warren. Of course she will run.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:38 AM
Dec 2014

If America needed her to serve on a battlefield, she would do it. She is a stubborn fighter. She will do what is right. If running is right, she will run.

Read her book.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
16. I will ask you the question that I ask everyone who says that Warren has stated she isn't running.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:37 AM
Dec 2014

Have you read her book?

Because unless you have, you may misunderstand Elizabeth Warren's statement about running.

She is very precise in her language. She has lots of reason to run. She has things to do, things to change. And she can't change them, she can't for example, appoint the Secretary of Commerce, from the Senate. She can't change the rules of the game about corruption and the power of money in D.C. from the Senate.

Read her book.

I have asked a number of Warren-doubters whether they have read her book. So far not a one of them as answered in the affirmative.

Warren has already taken on the powerful, the status quo in D.C. She will continue to do so. If running looks to her like the next wise step, she will run, and she will be a very, very, very tough opponent. When she fights, she fights to win. She is not like so many of our politicians. She is exceedingly honest, and by that I mean that there is a singleness in her purpose, a humility in her and a dedication to reform that I would call integrity.

We desperately need economic reform that lifts up our middle class.

Today I went to a bank and talked to a young (maybe late 30s, I'm much older) employee. She told me she did not think she would ever be able to pay for a house because she owed too much on her student loans. She said to me, "The American dream is dead." I told her to check out Elizabeth Warren. I am absolutely certain that she will.

Young people are depressed about the future and justifiably so. I do not see any candidates other than Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders who have any realistic ideas about how to make the American dream of financial independence (even if limited) for ordinary Americans real, possible, a choice.

People are afraid of losing their jobs, of saying the wrong thing in their workplace. They are intimidated by the lack of job security, the low pay and their huge debts, often for education.

Elizabeth Warren is speaking to this existential problem that plagues our country. She is a viable candidate, and if we work hard to try to get her to run, I think and hope she will run.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
23. I have heard or read every interview where she is asked if she has running. She says No.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 12:06 PM
Dec 2014

She doesn't say she is thinking about it, or consulting with her family, or will decide later.
She says No.

I don't think she is lying through her teeth when she says No.

I don't get people who do.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
26. I ask again whether you have read her book.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 01:48 PM
Dec 2014

She doesn't decide to run for things or apply for things. She gets asked.

She bakes a cake or cookies or something and somebody important calls her up and asks her to do something. That's her story. She is not a person with a big ego who goes out and screams to the world that she is running for some position. She gets asked.

We just have to present a compelling argument to her, tell her that she is the one we want for the job and why. She will run if our argument convinces her she should. That's my take after reading her book.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
27. Her book does not say she is running for President. She was asked. She said no.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:13 PM
Dec 2014

on every occassion.

Why do you think she was lying the first, second, third, fourth, and other times she has been asked?

I think she would make a good President. She does not have the desire to take that job at this time.

She is even on record as suporting Clinton should she run.

Until Warren is asked, and says, "You know, I have changed my mind, I will not put energy into supporting her for a position as our representative in the Administrative Branch of Government.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
10. Haven't heard either Warren nor Clinton say they are running for the Office of Pres 2016.
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 10:27 PM
Dec 2014

This baiting is getting really old.
I'll vote & support the Dem that takes on the Repuke in the final draw.
No question about it.

I will not abstain & I will not vote Repuke.
Dem candidate gets my vote. Whomever that will be.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
12. I agree. I will vote for the Democrat in the General.
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 10:40 PM
Dec 2014

There is no choice. Only a Democrt will nominate a judge to the Supreme Court that can retun the ballance to the people.

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
25. If its getting old to you, why are you reading the threads about it?
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 12:29 PM
Dec 2014

If I get tired of reading about something, I just quit clicking on those threads.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
28. Are you 14?
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 05:47 PM
Dec 2014

Childish comeback there. Geez Grow Up.
I like Warren. Who doesn't..I hope she runs.

I will not vote Repuke. I will vote for the Dem Candidate on behalf of the Supreme Court & Women's Rights & I will not bash ad-nauseum, Hillary Clinton without also stating what value she also brings as her fight world wide for Women's rights.

Unfortunately when speaking of either Warren or Clinton I'll have to look at good both have done. Not center on one item as the Clinton haters so often do here.
I find the tone pretty despicable.
But I am entitled to my view, as you are yours.
I will promote either as valuable to the Dem party and far better than anything the GOP runs.

BUT until either claims a place in the dem candidates of 2016, I will at least speak civil about both great of these politicians.
I will NOT come on DU and demonize one of our own as I see so often done here.

Its enough to make me NOT want Warren.
Just because I am so disgusted & sick of the Hillary hate from your camp.

My vote will be for whomever will stand up to the GOP candidate in their quest to drive this Nation into third world status.

Hillary Clinton: "Women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-grant/hillary-clinton_b_2603159.html

There is much more to Hillary Clinton than you have given her credit for.
Perhaps then, your can promote Warren much farther by comparing her with a GOP canidate like Jeb Bush for instance. How will she fare against the mega campaign the GOP is preparing for?
You don't need to demonize Clinton against Warren. The real fight will be against the GOP Candidate.
No one is voting for either Hillary or E Warren.
Take your fighting spirit then and prepare for the fight that will matter in 2016.






















RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
30. "Are you 14" Are you personally insulting me?
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 07:17 PM
Dec 2014

This is not only ironic, because your attempt to make me seem childish is childish, but it's also not very smart.

Play nice, or I will have to ban you from the Elizabeth Warren group.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
32. Give it a rest. You can be civil to those who support your preferred candidate
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 09:15 PM
Dec 2014

Or you can remain deaf to my message to your insulting post.
Did you read what I said?
I would vote for E Warren in a heartbeat.
But to beat up anyone who poses another point of view as to our candidates, you now threaten to ban me??
Last I heard of DU, we are free to pose opinion &perhaps another point to discuss.

I suggested you put your promotion of EWarren to the real test. How will she fair when the gOP machine rolls out their candidate?
How is EWarren on Foreign Policy, for instance.
I suggested you begin preparing your answers & arguments for the day, should she become the 2016 candidate, for the fight that will be far greater than your badgering of Hillary Clinton.
Clinton is not Warren's problem. Warren will carry the party. But while you post as to Hillary's demons, there is a much greater fight you could be preparing you honorable fight for. That, my friend is the GOP.
Identify her weaknesses & Begin preparing you answers to those points that the GOP will set out to destroy her, or any Dem candidate with.

Your Hillary bashing on this site is not gaming you much traction, tell us how EWarren will destroy EVERY bomb the GOP sends her.
We know her fight against Wall Street. Now give me the rest.
Put EWarren up against the GOP. Convince me she can beat down everything they throw at her.

Use your strength & support to carry Warren all the way. There are greater battles to prepare for than Hillary Clinton.
You have beat that point to death.
Now take on the GOP vs E Warren.
That's the battle you really need to proove.

Do you understand? E Warren's success will be in the fight with the GOP in 2016.
Don't know how else to make the point, my friend.
The picture is far greater than Hillary Clinton.

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
33. I don't vote Republican.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 09:23 PM
Dec 2014

And I certainly don't enable fake Democrats.

This is a group, not a forum. Groups often serve as safe havens for members who share similar interests and viewpoints.


misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
34. ?? What on earth are you talking about?
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 09:41 PM
Dec 2014

Keep on baiting. You can't even have a discussion. Clearly you have nothing but Wall Street then.
What is Warren's foreign policy ?
Time to trash your bogus baiting.
Good luck with answering the foreign policy question or all the other bombs the GOP will through at your candidate.
What will you say when Warren becomes the 2016 candidate & You have no answer for that or the many others you will have to fight for.

If you cannot answer me, who is very much for a Warren Presidency, how will you under the GOP when the fight gets dirty .
Its pretty easy to sit here on DU & Repeat the Warren vs Hillary mantra.
What do you have when the real fight takes place?


Good luck & & adios

 

TheNutcracker

(2,104 posts)
14. Hillary will not win Florida against Jeb Bush.Repubs want an alternative, but will not go to Clinton
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 01:51 AM
Dec 2014

In a lackluster race, as in Bush vs Clinton again, people don't want this, every time it's brought up, to anyone. Without any real fight, repubs will win. Everyone is Bush fatigued, even republicans that I talk to. They want to have someone else to vote for. But to ask them to go with someone they have already fought against, hated in office, is not an 'alternative'. Without a few repub votes, and a lot of extra energy to turn out the vote, something repubs beat us at, we will lose.

So I say Liz and maybe a couple of others will do it....a real alternative for everyone. That is not another Clinton. That's my take. Especially after the MoveOn and DFA polls. Clinton is third. That is the writing on the wall, from the foot soldiers. Without them, repub turnout will win, again.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
20. Spin alert! EW's "brash personality". I've never seen her speak in other than respectful tones ...
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 08:50 AM
Dec 2014

... even when severely criticizing someone or something.


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