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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
How Warren Bulldozed Hillary on the Economy
The Massachusetts senator pressured Clinton to consult a list of liberal academics.https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/12/19/elizabeth-warren-hillary-clinton-economy-087346
OK, so it's Politico. But there is still some interesting information here. And Hillary listened.
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Warren’s initial list in 2014 and the ensuing influence campaign over administration personnel, according to interviews with more than 20 people involved in the process, offers the clearest possible window into how Warren would staff her own administration – and just how sharply a Warren administration’s economic team would depart from recent Democratic administrations and those of her rivals such as former Vice President Joe Biden.
The two-year campaign to mold the would-be Hillary Clinton administration is also a case study in Warren’s theory of power, an approach her aides and allies sometimes refer to as the “inside-outside game” – combining tough, often hyperbolic rhetoric to create leverage with quieter, hands-on, person-to-person outreach.
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Warren also personally and persistently lobbied campaign chairman John Podesta, members of the transition team, and Clinton herself. When Warren visited the campaign’s Brooklyn headquarters shortly after endorsing Clinton in 2016, she insisted on a separate meeting with the campaign’s policy team.
“There were the ‘do’s and the ‘don’t’s -- do [hire] this person and don’t with this person,” recalled Podesta of their conversations in the fall of 2016. “She was more fired up about the ‘don’t’s than the ‘do’s.’” Podesta wouldn’t name names but said: “If you worked at the Obama Treasury Department or the SEC then you were probably in trouble.”
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To the surprise of some in Warren’s orbit, Clinton’s team began proactively engaging with the people on Warren’s list -- and not just in a check-the-box fashion, according to some who were contacted.
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In pushing for her allies to be incorporated into Clinton’s campaign, Warren began hitting the phones -- reaching out to people like Gary Gensler, Mandy Grunwald, and the few other links she had to Clinton. ...
Warren’s initial list in 2014 and the ensuing influence campaign over administration personnel, according to interviews with more than 20 people involved in the process, offers the clearest possible window into how Warren would staff her own administration – and just how sharply a Warren administration’s economic team would depart from recent Democratic administrations and those of her rivals such as former Vice President Joe Biden.
The two-year campaign to mold the would-be Hillary Clinton administration is also a case study in Warren’s theory of power, an approach her aides and allies sometimes refer to as the “inside-outside game” – combining tough, often hyperbolic rhetoric to create leverage with quieter, hands-on, person-to-person outreach.
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Warren also personally and persistently lobbied campaign chairman John Podesta, members of the transition team, and Clinton herself. When Warren visited the campaign’s Brooklyn headquarters shortly after endorsing Clinton in 2016, she insisted on a separate meeting with the campaign’s policy team.
“There were the ‘do’s and the ‘don’t’s -- do [hire] this person and don’t with this person,” recalled Podesta of their conversations in the fall of 2016. “She was more fired up about the ‘don’t’s than the ‘do’s.’” Podesta wouldn’t name names but said: “If you worked at the Obama Treasury Department or the SEC then you were probably in trouble.”
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To the surprise of some in Warren’s orbit, Clinton’s team began proactively engaging with the people on Warren’s list -- and not just in a check-the-box fashion, according to some who were contacted.
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In pushing for her allies to be incorporated into Clinton’s campaign, Warren began hitting the phones -- reaching out to people like Gary Gensler, Mandy Grunwald, and the few other links she had to Clinton. ...
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What I find to be fascinating about this article is its detailed description of Warren's very effective "inside-outside game." I really do not believe that any other Dem candidate - and certainly NO Republican - has anything like it.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
about that and I don't like the headline either. 
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And, as I pointed out, Hillary listened.
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
I was 100 percent behind Hillary Clinton in 2016. 
If only .... 
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
A slow and steady move forward might have her peaking at the right time.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
