Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

BOSTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop out of the presidential race on Thursday and will inform her staff of her plans later this morning, according to a person close to her, ending a run defined by an avalanche of policy plans that aimed to pull the Democratic Party to the left and appealed to enough voters to make her briefly a front-runner last fall, but that proved unable to translate excitement from elite progressives into backing from the party’s more working-class and diverse base.

Though her support had eroded by Super Tuesday, in her final weeks as a candidate she effectively drove the centrist billionaire, former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, out of the race with debate performances that flashed her evident skills and political potential.

She entered the race railing against the corrosive power of big money, and one long-term consequence of her campaign is that Ms. Warren demonstrated that someone other than Senator Bernie Sanders, and his intensely loyal small-dollar donors, could fund a credible presidential campaign without holding fund-raisers.

Her potential endorsement is highly sought after in the race and both Mr. Sanders and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. have spoken with Ms. Warren since Super Tuesday, when the end of her campaign appeared imminent.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-drops-out.html?action=click&module=Alert&pgtype=Homepage

[Farmer-Rick]

1. Oh, I am really sorry to hear that.

I really liked her and we need a liberal female president.

[left-of-center2012]

2. "Joseph R. Biden Jr."

WTH?

Who ever calls 'Joe' that?

[left-of-center2012]

2. "Joseph R. Biden Jr."

WTH?

Who ever calls 'Joe' that?

[CaptYossarian]

10. If you had used his full middle name, I'd say his mom.

It's a shame though about Sen. Warren. The first time I heard her speak, I thought about her being president (and she wasn't in politics yet).

I'm switching to Joe.

[iscooterliberally]

29. HA!!

Love it!

[Canoe52]

4. Sorry to hear, time for me to switch to Joe.

[Phoenix61]

5. Biden/Warren? nt

[angrychair]

13. No

I think 2 old white people sets the wrong tone. President is the only prize worth losing a senate seat to a Republican, she should not give up her seat.

I still think Senator Harris is his best choice.

[SunSeeker]

14. +1

[groundloop]

15. Sadly if that were the case we'd lose a Senate seat

The governor of Massachusetts is a republican, so he'd undoubtedly appoint a republican to fill the Senate seat which Warren would vacate. As great as she'd be I don't think anyone would want to lose a Senate seat.

IMO Biden/Harris would be a great ticket.

[tclambert]

43. Biden would do better to ask Beto O'Rourke to serve as VP.

It might give him a good chance to win the state of Texas. Trump cannot win without Texas.

Warren gives him help in Massachusetts, where he doesn't need help, and might cost us her Senate seat.

Kamal Harris is mentioned a lot. Helps him with women and minorities, but California is not a battleground state.

Traditionally, you want to pick a VP candidate from a battleground state to get a little extra support in that state..

[TexasTowelie]

45. I've been saying that since November of last year.

We are putting too much emphasis on winning back the Rust Belt states while increasing the odds of taking Texas provides an alternative pathway to win the election.

[Phoenix61]

46. Makes sense. Hadn't thought of that. nt

[Dopers_Greed]

6. Welp, damn it

I voted for her on Super Tuesday.

But just switched by preference on DU to Biden.

[Initech]

7. Well, it will be interesting to see who comes out on top in the Biden / Sanders wars.

The road to the convention is going to be very interesting.

[efhmc]

8. Sad but inevitable. This misogyny in this country continues to grow.

I hope our Dem candidate picks one of the great women we have in our party as "his" vp.

[maxsolomon]

12. Is it Misogyny?

Or was it 78 year old Sander's refusal to step aside after his heart attack?

Sander's ego split the left. The African-American vote never left Biden.

[efhmc]

17. I agree with your analysis and perhaps I should try not to take such a jaundiced view of things.

However, do you think any woman would have been able to continue after such a health issue? She would have been destroyed by the media and her opponents. Remember Hillary's "deadly illnesses"?

[deurbano]

25. Of course not, especially at 78! Clinton was ten years younger when they (including the cultists

among Sanders' followers--who are often indistinguishable from MAGAts) found even her cough disqualifying (since no other candidates ever lose their voices), and then that almost-faint (due to standing in the hot sun in combination with having pneumonia--which I contracted when I was 40) sent them (and the Russian bots) into a frenzied, shit show. Where was any of that when Sanders had the heart attack at 78, hid it for three days, then refused to provide the more detailed medical records he'd promised? Sanders was also a deadbeat dad with other things in his past that no female candidate could ever have in hers, since a woman's personal history warrants the fine-tooth comb treatment and no mercy.

[deurbano]

18. Both. And when she seemed like a threat to Sanders, his more cultish followers

displayed the same Mommy issues that were so attractive in their attacks on HRC. The kind of attacks where it's hard to tell them from MAGAts. "Not Me. Us." (Right,)

[Polybius]

33. It's not Sanders fault that she lost

It was a super-mild heart attack, and Bernie honestly thought he could win. The left just preferred Bernie in this primary.

[maxsolomon]

34. I am of the opinion that he never should have run.

But I am DU's foremost Ageist.

[Polybius]

35. Let's say Trump steals this election with Biden

Do you think 82 year old Bernie runs in '24? Or 75 year old Warren?

[maxsolomon]

47. Well, I'm DU's foremost Ageist, so...

No.

[IronLionZion]

21. This is our party

so if misogyny is the reason, it's our voters doing it

[OnlinePoker]

23. Only 15% of Super Tuesday female voters went for Warren

To claim misogyny just because she lost isn't shown by the fact she didn't garner more than minor support from women, either.

[efhmc]

30. I am not so sure about that. I am a part of a Dem women's group

who strive to get rid of DJT and almost to a person this group of Hillary supporters said we need a male at the head of the ticket because of, not our party's misogyny but of our country's. I as most of the group voted for Biden in Texas for this reason not because of his type of reproductive organs but because he has the best chance of winning, which probably sadly has a great deal to do with his being a male

[maxsolomon]

38. There was a survey floating around yesterday addressing exactly that sort of 2nd-guessing

Women collectively assuming men were worse than they are, and voting in anticipation of that.

[deurbano]

36. People (and probably especially women) are deathly afraid that what happened in 2016 will happen

again, and for good reason. That year, we had the choice between the woman in the country most qualified to be president and that thing (whatever it is)... and we got that thing. Since being the most prepared, the smartest, the most qualified, the hardest working (etc., ad nauseam) didn't make the difference last time, what would? MANY women I know (in real life and online) are voting based on who they think is "electable" because we can't afford to get this one wrong. And so far, for the entire history of our nation, being electable has meant being male. We were sure we were going to break that glass ceiling in 2016, but that dream turned into our current nightmare, leaving many women (and men) unable to trust that their fellow voters will vote for a woman--even if she is a thousand times more qualified than the Head MAGAt-- because of, yes... misogyny. I mean, I voted for Warren because that kind of thinking becomes self-fulfilling, but I certainly can't blame anyone for coming to that conclusion, based on existing evidence. Also... in recent days, quite a few moved from Warren to Biden (when it seemed Sanders might get a plurality in the primary) because they can't stand Sanders/or find him unelectable (for ideological and other reasons) in the general.

[SunSeeker]

9. Her loss was not for lack of trying. I wish I had her energy.

Honestly, I don't know how any of these candidates do it.

[Politicub]

11. I hope she endorses Biden. And later, becomes VP.

Joe gets stuff done, and Warren is an amazing strategist and tactician. The ticket will unify the center and left sides of the party, thereby expanding the coalition.

The drawback would be Massachusetts’ republican governor appointing her replacement.

[Lulu KC]

16. "will inform her staff of her plans later this morning"

????
After they've all read it in the paper?
Why, NYT, why?

[McKim]

19. We Need No Further Proof that...

We need no further proof that this is not a rational country! I am very very sad that this super competent woman was not the first choice for so many! We are so fortunate that someone of her caliber would make the effort to run for president.

[Maeve]

20. Her service in the Senate is invaluable

The silver lining in this announcement--she will continue her work there!

[KPN]

22. Very sorry to hear that. I so wanted her to do well. But I do think it is a good move o her

part at this point in time, especially not endorsing one of the two remaining immediately. Hope she runs again in 2024.

[hamsterjill]

24. Elizabeth has my utmost respect.

She ran a damn good race and she brought some great ideas and more importantly, solutions to the discussion.

Job well done, Senator Warren. I hope the next President will seek your counsel and advice often in whatever role you wish to play.

[PRETZEL]

26. And mine as well,

totally agree with this.

[benld74]

27. I truly hope a female POTUS in

my daughter’s lifetimes.

They are 27 & 18

[Fiendish Thingy]

28. She will make a great Senate Majority Leader!

Tough, sharp, fighting against corruption. Together, she and Pelosi can ensure the next Dem president’s agenda gets enacted, and the corruption of this administration gets investigated.

[deurbano]

37. Yes! Get those billionaires to pour the money they don't need for their campaigns now

into the effort to take back the Senate. Can you imagine her working with Speaker Pelosi and Biden?!!!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. Well, that didn't take long.

Well, that didn't take long.

Link to tweet

[Bayard]

32. This really saddens me

I like Senator Warren a lot, and certainly respect her persistence.

[yuiyoshida]

39. damn....okay ..

Blue No Matter Who....

[Maxheader]

40. Warren will make a good advisor..

to the new democrat administration..

[Lulu KC]

41. Visualizing her in McConnell's seat in a year

with house, senate, and president all on more or less the same page, and the power to bring her plans to fruition.

I am seeing a happy ending, as long as November is a real election.

[RinconDem]

42. A year ago, I would have been certain that she would have been in the top 2

I can't believe it. I'm just so saddened by it.

[xxqqqzme]

44. Oh, I'm an

"Elite progressive" now because I supported an intelligent, accomplished woman. And now the ONLY thing she has going for her is an endorsement?

Right there it is, why women in politics are not treated with respect they deserve. And the NYT wants me to subscribe? HA!

[maxsolomon]

48. Good God, that's not a slam. It's facts.

Every reporter at the NYT isn't going to confirm your biases.

Are you a professional with an advanced degree? I am. That puts us in an "elite" of the highly educated with specialized knowledge and abilities, the way professional athletes are an elite in their field. Everyone can play soccer, but to get paid to do it? You're elite.

Snip: "Ms. Warren struggled to win over voters beyond college-educated white people, in particular white women. She was poised to win delegates in only a handful of highly educated enclaves: places like San Francisco, Santa Monica and West Hollywood."

This is always an issue in Liberal politics. Just ask Adlai Stevenson.