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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
Thu May 29, 2014, 10:28 PM May 2014

If there was a movement to draft Elizabeth Warren for President...

Would you participate?


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Yes, I'd be willing to sign a petition
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Yes, I'd sign a petition and spend some time convincing others to do so
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Yes, I'd sign, encourage others, and kick in a few bucks
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Good idea, but I can't get involved
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Leave the poor woman alone/can do more in Congress/used to be a Republican/said something nice about Obamacare/etc
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I refuse to answer because Manny's a Libertarian/Republican mole/etc.
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Other (please share why)
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If there was a movement to draft Elizabeth Warren for President... (Original Post) MannyGoldstein May 2014 OP
Fuck yes. nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #1
Absolutely Cali_Democrat May 2014 #2
I feel the same way. nt msanthrope May 2014 #3
In addition to signing the letter urging Hillary to run, she's repeatedly said she's not running Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #9
Against her will huh? VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #4
Of course! tkmorris May 2014 #5
he does? Or does he just think she doesn't? VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #6
Yes. MannyGoldstein May 2014 #8
Lord knows you have never been known for doint anything dismisssive of people's feelings before... VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #11
Get started. joshcryer May 2014 #7
I'm not about to start trying to pressure a woman to do something that she doesn't want to. Nye Bevan May 2014 #10
There shouldn't be a movement to draft anyone. Beacool May 2014 #12
k&r for Elizabeth Warren. n/t Laelth May 2014 #13
That depends. Will her running mate be Alan Grayson? baldguy May 2014 #14
There isn't a "I'd rather see her as VP under Clinton and then Pres 8 years later" option, alas. Lyric May 2014 #15
 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
2. Absolutely
Thu May 29, 2014, 10:30 PM
May 2014

I'm of the firm belief that there should be a large debate during the primaries which should include Warren, Hillary, Sanders and others.

But Warren has admitted to signing a letter urging the "terrific" Hillary Clinton to run....


Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she hopes Hillary Rodham Clinton runs for president in 2016 — the latest in a series of declarations of support by the Massachusetts Democrat, who some have speculated could seek the Oval Office herself.

"All all of the women — Democratic women I should say — of the Senate urged Hillary Clinton to run, and I hope she does. Hillary is terrific," Warren said during an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC's "This Week," noting that she was one of several senators to sign a letter urging Clinton to run in 2016.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/27/elizabeth-warren-i-hope-hillary-clinton-runs-for-president/

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,781 posts)
9. In addition to signing the letter urging Hillary to run, she's repeatedly said she's not running
Thu May 29, 2014, 10:53 PM
May 2014

I take Elizabeth Warren at her word.

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
4. Against her will huh?
Thu May 29, 2014, 10:34 PM
May 2014

Is it because she is a woman that you believe she is wishy washy and just needs to be "convinced" to do your will?

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
6. he does? Or does he just think she doesn't?
Thu May 29, 2014, 10:44 PM
May 2014

She answered quite definitely 3 times "she is not running" and she sounded quite perturbed to HAVE to answer that way. But she couldn't possibly mean it....she IS just a woman after all. Who cares if SHE is annoyed!

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
10. I'm not about to start trying to pressure a woman to do something that she doesn't want to.
Thu May 29, 2014, 10:54 PM
May 2014

She has said "no", and "no" means "no". Of course if she says "yes" I will welcome her into the primary race as my philosophy has always been the more, the merrier.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
12. There shouldn't be a movement to draft anyone.
Fri May 30, 2014, 01:55 AM
May 2014

The presidency is a very hard job and not everyone is up to it. If Liz Warren does not want to run for the presidency, then her wishes should be respected.

Besides, just because she's the new darling of the Left, what makes you think that she could win in a general election?

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
14. That depends. Will her running mate be Alan Grayson?
Fri May 30, 2014, 07:20 AM
May 2014

Or Rand Paul?


I think that if & when she runs, many of her so-called supporters - those who are less-informed, less thoughtful, and with less-than-realistic expectations - will be disappointed in everything about her. Just like they were disappointed with Clinton, Gore, Kerry and Obama.

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