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How Elizabeth Warren Is Being Squeezed by 2 Democratic Factions
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020.htmlThis article is a good read and fair I think...why I posted it is her position supporting Trump's trade deal which is hated by unions and manufacturing...she can not win MI, WI or PA....not now. Those leaving moving away from Warren appear to be moving to Buttigieg and/or Biden. She has progressive supporters and Hillary supporters while some are both-a fair number of Hillary supporters will not support Sanders which is why they move to Biden or Buttigieg IMO. I know the issue with the Times and reading it so I will post as many excerpts as I can. Those of you with a subscription can help with this. Basically this article says Warren is being squeezed and facing attacks from the left and from the center which I think is true...she apparently plans to give her surrogates permission to attempt to bolster her campaign by attacking her rivals...the article did not use the word attack but that is what was hinted at. We will see. They are about to descend upon Iowa which is make or break for Warren. Castro began this by making the case for why she was better than her rivals at one of the last rallies.
"...The response, given at a rally in Davenport on Sunday, was a rare foray into horse-race politics from a candidate who has dismissed the importance of polls, rarely reads news coverage about herself and detests Beltway punditry. But it was part of a quiet recognition among her advisers and surrogates that, less than one month before the Iowa caucuses, Ms. Warren is being damaged by criticism and pressure from both moderates and liberals within the Democratic Party, whose doubts about her have fueled concerns about her ability to win..."
"...Last week, Ms. Warren surprised some of her own supporters by embracing the updated trade deal between the United States, Mexico and Canada, which was negotiated by Mr. Trump to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it created some market stability for farmers..."
"...Ms. Warrens campaign has avoided setting expectations for its Iowa finish. But Sean McElwee, whose think tank, Data for Progress, has worked closely with Ms. Warrens campaign, said he thought she probably needed a first- or second-place finish in Iowa to unlock her numbers elsewhere and at a minimum, she must beat Mr. Sanders..."
"...The Sunrise Movement, the nationwide group of young climate activists, said Ms. Warrens support for the agreement undermines her commitments to the Green New Deal. Prominent online supporters of Ms. Warren, including leaders at the Working Families Party, the progressive group that endorsed her in September, boosted tweets about being heartbroken by Ms. Warrens decision..."
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How Elizabeth Warren Is Being Squeezed by 2 Democratic Factions (Original Post)
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
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She has to make it to those primaries...if she doesn't beat Sanders in Iowa she won't.
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
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Amishman
(5,557 posts)1. Warren's best chance to win California
Super Tuesday wins in MA and CA would change everything and are very possible
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)2. She has to make it to those primaries...if she doesn't beat Sanders in Iowa she won't.
I mean she has to remain electable in the eyes of the voters...if you read the article, there is cause for concern...she is done in the Mid West with the endorsement of Trump's NAFTA re-write so she absolutely can't be our nominee if we want to win. We here in the Mid West hated the original NAFTA and the new one is worse.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,246 posts)3. Warren is trying to play both sides off against each other
I dislike this strategy and do not think that it will work
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden