Clinton and Warren: Friends now, trouble ahead

[milestogo]

Clinton’s bid to beat Donald Trump brought her and the Massachusetts Senator together, but there's tension ahead if Clinton wins the White House.

By Annie Karni
10/24/16 06:03 PM EDT

MANCHESTER, N.H. — This could be the ending of a beautiful friendship. Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, dressed in matching jewel-toned pantsuits, touted each other’s virtues Monday on a crisp, golden-leafed autumn afternoon at an outdoor rally on the main quad of St. Anselm College.

"Get this, Donald: Nasty women are tough, nasty women are smart and nasty women vote," Warren rallied the 4,000-person crowd. "We are gonna march our nasty feet to cast our nasty votes, to get you out of our lives forever." Clinton, after embracing Warren in a tight hug, promised she was “so looking forward to working with [Warren] to rewrite the rules of our economy” and lauded the Massachusetts Senator for her “track record of making it her mission to stand up against Wall Street.”

The happy rally represented an evolution for the two all-stars of the Democratic party. Clinton and Warren entered the campaign season as wary competitors who had never forged a personal bond during their overlapping years in power in Washington, D.C. Carefully choreographed meetings during Clinton’s vice presidential search process, as well as a shared terror of a President Trump, brought them to a better understanding of each other than before — if still not quite friends.

But there’s tension on the horizon: If Clinton wins, Warren has promised to rattle the gates of a Clinton White House — as she did to President Barack Obama — pushing for progressive, anti-Wall Street crusaders to fill posts as top economic advisers and, most importantly to her of all, treasury secretary.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/clinton-warren-trump-progressives-230260#ixzz4O3QU22SS

[marybourg]

1. Sounds like "sour grapes" to me.

Or a case of nothin' important left to write.

[CentralMass]

10. It sounds like be consistent and being true to her convictions.

[marybourg]

13. I'm not criticizing Elizabeth Warren;

I'm criticizing the writer website for publishing negative speculative non-news

[athena]

2. People love the misogynistic image

of two women going at each other's throats.

From the start of Hillary's campaign, we've seen endless stories about how Warren and Clinton supposedly hated each other. Now that that has been disproven, the story is how Warren and Clinton will supposedly hate each other in the future.

I am going on the record to say that this will not happen. These women are both too smart to fall into the misogynistic trap the misogynistic media has been trying to set for them.

[sarae]

5. Yep...

It's the old myth that women, especially powerful women, can't get along with other women. It's high time we retire that stereotype.

If you compare the candidates, Donald Trump's the only one who acts "catty" and emotionally unstable.

[niyad]

11. exactly

[BlueMTexpat]

15. This ...

+ a million or so!

[elleng]

3. We need this.

[apcalc]

4. Whatever differences theyhave, they'll work out.

They're women, they're friends. It's a matter of degree, like everything else.
No biggie.

Ohhhhhh, but the press boys, do love a 'catfight'. Go to hell boys. These are mature educated women, drop the misogyny.

[emulatorloo]

6. POLITICO likes to "Speculate" and stir the pot when it comes to Democrats

They like to present speculation as fact. They like to represent Democrats in the worst possible light. It is bullshit spin.

[struggle4progress]

9. +

[prarie deem]

7. I think Hillary has given strong indications

that she intends to make finance reform an important issue in her administration. At least I thought she has been giving indications of that in her policy speeches the past couple of weeks.

[jberryhill]

8. Why would they cease being friends over policy differences?

I would shudder to think the author ever disagreed with a friend about what movie to watch.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Seeing them side by side is interesting.

If I didn't actually know how old each is, I'd take Warren to be 10, maybe 15 years younger than Hillary.

[DURHAM D]

14. Garbage

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. Bah. They'll be great together. There are a lot of Dems who can't wait

For more Dems in congress to work for progressive ideals.

Hilary has said she wants corporate $$$$$$$ reform---she called for DOJ investigation of the Epi-pen pharma company, IIRC. Elizabeth will be the best teammate on that subject.

If Hilary is well known for being able to work with repuke hyenas, I don't think we're gonna see any problems with the very excellent Senator Warren. Much as media opionionists would like to opine.

Just my opinion.