I'll proudly switch to Joe, but Warren deserved SO much more.

[Bleacher Creature]

She's incredibly kind and thoughtful, and has devoted her career to making people's lives better. She also did the hard work of trying to come up with policy proposals that are detailed, comprehensive, and realistic - and not just empty slogans.

And yet she was treated as an afterthought this entire race, even when she was nearing frontrunner status. This country needs to reassess how the media covers women candidates for office. I'm damn proud to throw my support to Biden, but at the same time something has to change.

[samnsara]

1. i agree! I always liked her and i think its shitty her own state didnt give her more votes..

[NCDem47]

11. Just a theory, but

maybe Massachussets wanted to keep her as their Senator?

[cp]

2. Yes, she does

All our friends noticed that the media blanked her, ignored her.
Misogyny won.

[Bettie]

14. Misogyny always wins

And I recognize now that it always will.

Cue the people who will now say: 'Misogyny isn't really a thing, she's just not the RIGHT woman!'.

[LisaM]

33. She called their bluff, that's for sure.

I can't tell you how many people in 2016 said that very thing, but simply faded away this election cycle.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. So true.

I supported her, until I switched to Biden today since she's dropping out.

But one advantage of Biden getting the nomination (if he does) -- he won't be leaving a Democratic senate seat up for grabs.

[Thekaspervote]

24. This!! Biden has coattails..long ones. The down ballot races are very very important

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. If Joe Biden prevails,.......

He will surely have a place for her in his Administration. As will Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar.

[BusyBeingBest]

5. People in the state she represents in the Senate placed her third. She placed dead last

in Oklahoma, her life story centered upon her upbringing there. Not sure what she "deserves" beyond consideration as a candidate from the voting public.

[LisaM]

34. The OP was talking about media coverage, of which she got very little.

I know; I was at one of her rallies in Seattle a couple of weeks ago that was so packed I couldn't get in. Zilch, zip, nada on the local, not to say national news.

But Bernie Sanders, with far fewer accomplishments under his belt, got local and national coverage for his rally the same week in Tacoma.

The media, for whatever reason, pretty much chose to ignore her; there was even a piece called "The Erasure of Elizabeth Warren".

[BusyBeingBest]

35. I do agree that she got a little ignored in coverage after her time

as front-runner.

[LisaM]

40. It's more work for the media to cover well-researched policy

than the internecine warfare they seem to love to generate.

It hurt Gore, Kerry, and Hillary Clinton too. I've railed on about this before on this site, but in 2004, I attended a Kerry rally in the early morning, down on the Seattle waterfront. It was raining (and people had to check their umbrellas!) but it was a good crowd, and we all waited a long time and were in a good, enthusiastic mood. We had a great candidate who could beat Bush!

Kerry gave a powerful, inspiring speech - all of it directed to specific policy items in the Pacific Northwest, mainly the logging and fishing industries, and the environment. The crowd was enthusiastic, and the speech was well received. He spoke well, and had that charisma that national politicians give off. He was prepared, the speech was warm and friendly - but it was policy heavy.

The national media ignored it entirely. The local media mentioned he was here, but not a whiff of the speech, the crowds who waited in the rain, or any of it. No, they showed him taking his wife out for an anniversary dinner at Seattle's nicest restaurant. Translation: he's an elitist, we're going to ignore his hard work, empathetic speech, and we definitely aren't going to tell you what he said.

The national media gets lazy in my opinion. Bernie and that freaking bird in Portland got more coverage than ten Hillary events combined.

[BusyBeingBest]

41. They look for easy, quick

Human-interest-type stories or horse race angles. There’s also some bias, as you note. Unfortunately that’s where we are as a country—short attention spans and we want the media to sum up the candidates in a very short-hand way so we don’t have to wade through anything boring.

[apcalc]

6. I like her. Hope she comes back next time...or runs for Senate again. A class act.

[still_one]

7. Absolutely

[barbtries]

8. she totally did.

i am gutted. i knew it was coming, but now it happened, and i am gutted.

[Sloumeau]

9. I agree. A huge percentage of us Biden fans voted for Hillary more than once.

We wanted her to win so badly. We see a lot of the same wonderful qualities in Warren: great strength, great courage, great intelligence, great experience, and a great education. Call me crazy, but some part of me believes that she will get another chance at the Presidency--just don't ask me how.

[MineralMan]

10. Warren was my second choice, after Biden.

Primary elections have very little to do with fairness. That's a sad fact. Really, all elections are inherently unfair in some ways. Factors other than competence, ideas, and plans are not what determine the outcomes. It's more a matter of personality and the ability to convince people via public appearances, really.

The only saving grace, really, is that almost all Democratic candidates support the platform of the party to a large degree. Some try to go beyond that platform, but it's a foundation that all Democrats stand on.

What that means to us is that whichever Democrats run in the general election, they will always be better than whichever Republicans do. That's why we have a political parties. They offer voters platforms that candidates stand on while they speak and make public statements.

[zackymilly]

12. Just curious. Have any people here switched to Sanders after their candidate dropped out? n/t

[flying_wahini]

13. I'm not. Going with Joe.

[SunSeeker]

22. I was accused of being on weed when I predicted most of her supporters would go to Joe.

But so far, it appears all are.

[zackymilly]

26. "being on weed". lol Sounds like something my parents would ask me growing up. n/t

[SunSeeker]

27. LOL. Right?

[brooklynite]

15. No, she didn't

Political candidates don’t “deserve” things, they earn them. Warren has been a great Senate candidate and Senator. She has not been a good Presidential candidate. She had a year and all the financial resources she needed, but couldn’t get people to vote for her (even in MA).

[PoliticAverse]

16. 'Political candidates don't "deserve" things,' - so Joe Biden doesn't deserve to be the Democratic

nominee?

[brooklynite]

18. Biden has been earning the nomination

20+ candidates (male and female/young and old/Black, White and Asian) did not.

[PoliticAverse]

20. So you don't think Biden "deserves to be the Democratic nominee"? n/t

[musicblind]

42. The person who gets the most delegates deserves to be the nominee.

If that is Biden, then he deserves to be the nominee; if it is not Biden, that means someone else (likely Sanders) deserves to be the nominee.

[Bettie]

36. OF course he does!

He is an old white man who promises not to upset the white billionaires! He has "earned" it all by being all of the aforementioned.

[Demsrule86]

30. I agree in general...but women are held to a higher standard...their appearance is critiqued, they

are called shrill if they raise their voices. Hillary Clinton was dogged about her health, but Sanders had a heart attack and wouldn't even release all the medical records. He didn't face much criticism for it...so I think there is misogyny and a double standard that women candidates must endure when they run for office.

[MH1]

17. Not proudly but sadly for me. I like Joe but I really wanted to vote for Elizabeth.

Of those left, Joe is clearly the choice.

But damn, I feel a little bit of what Bernie supporters probably felt in 2016 and are likely to feel this year, when it is clear he won't be the nominee. At least most of them got, or will get, to vote for him. Damn it.

Joe is fine as he goes, and possibly objectively the best to face Trump in the fall, given what this country is.

But I really wanted to do better.

Ah well, I will be enthusiastic as we near November, no doubt about it. Not happy at all right now though.

[MFM008]

19. I agree

Im pretty sad.
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
A dozen roses for her.

[LizBeth]

21. All three in my family shake our head that we passed up the opportunity of a Warren Presidency.

I talk to my oldest yesterday. I didn't know he was on board with Warren to. We are all a bit down how this primary went, not that we will not be out there fighting and voting blue, but Warren was the easy pick in this primary.

[Thekaspervote]

23. Kudos to Liz! Sounds like she's doing the right thing for her & her career, all should respect that

I so loved warren!

Personally I’m glad, she has chosen not to endorse, at least right now. She doesn’t want to alienate her supporters as they are pretty evenly split between Biden and sanders

[BigOleDummy]

25. Well and truly said.

I cannot describe the sadness I feel about Ms. Warren dropping out of the race. To me she was by far the most qualified candidate running and I would have truly LOVED watching her wipe the floor with our chump in chief in any debates.

I must say I'm more than a little angry too. She was ignored almost completely throughout the campaign by pretty much every media outlet there is. Contrast HER media coverage with the headlines screaming about every utterance spoken by other candidates. I'm not going to name any names but I really kind of blame some running still and/or have already dropped out. Color me totally disillusioned.

While she was my first , second AND third choice I find that she's already been removed as a viable choice here too. Mr. Biden is a fine decent man who I have confidence in but he's no Elizabeth Warren. I still love you Liz and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[Harker]

38. You certainly are not the only one.

I have not changed my selection of favored candidate at DU, but it might now have defaulted to the big 'U.'

[BigOleDummy]

43. Yeah...

Mine did so I went ahead and changed. Otherwise my E.W. flag would still be flying high.

[Harker]

39. Sure enough.

I'm glad to have her on my side in any capacity, in any office... the higher the better.

[Ohiogal]

28. Your words

Could have come from my heart.

She and Hillary both deserve better.

[Demsrule86]

29. Thank you and she did deserve better.

[tblue37]

31. +1. nt

[TNNurse]

32. We voted for her in the primary.

Thank you for this great post. You said it very well.

[geardaddy]

37. I feel the same

I backed Elizabeth until after Super Tuesday. I switched on Wednesday.

[CousinIT]

44. Totally agree. n/t

[Cha]

45. Mahalo, BC.. and yes Elizabeth did.