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How Can Warren Win? By Attacking Bloomberg.
Her unity message hasnt done Warren much good, but now shes facing an ideal foe.
By Jeet Heer YESTERDAY 11:02 AM
Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bloomberg. (Jose Luis Magana / AP Photo; Gerald Herbert / AP Photo)
One of the dirty secrets of journalism is that we hardly ever write an obituary after someone dies. Since everyone is mortal, death noticesat least for the newsworthyare composed well ahead of time. A similar spirit of vulture-like anticipation governs political coverage, where the downward spiral of a political campaign is the perfect opportunity for hand-wringing articles on how it all went wrong. Since her disappointing fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Elizabeth Warren has had the dubious pleasure of reading eulogies for her presidential hopes.
Elizabeth Warrens presidential hopes are looking dim, argued Jordan Weissmann in Slate. John Judis, writing in Talking Points Memo, agreed: I suspect that Elizabeth Warrens presidential campaign is over.
These obituaries are premature. Its too early to write Warren offalthough not too early for her campaign to do some stocktaking and revise its battle plan. In the past, Warrens shown remarkable resilience in recovering from missteps. Her presidential campaign itself began with an epic blunder, the use of a DNA test to answer objections to her claim of Native American ancestry. But she was able to rebound from that mistake and regain her status as a leading candidate.
Pundits have suggested many reasons why Warren faltered in New Hampshire, even though shes demonstrated her genuine appeal through large rallies and robust fundraising from small donors. Sexism is one major factor. Shes also been hammered on the issue of Medicare for All, where shes being squeezed from both ends of the spectrum, being too cautious for Bernie Sanders and too radical for Pete Buttigieg.
FULL story: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/warren-bloomberg-attack-democratic/
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How Can Warren Win? By Attacking Bloomberg. (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Feb 2020
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hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)1. YES!!!!
denem
(11,045 posts)2. 'Warren scares the hell out of me' - Bloomberg's money manager.
November 04, 2019
As Warren Gains in Race, Wall Street Sounds the Alarm
... (Wall Street) is more or less united against Ms. Warren. With just months before the first voting begins, it is unleashing a barrage of public attacks, donating money to her rivals and scrambling to counter her blistering narrative about Wall Street.
Everyone is nervous, said Steven Rattner, a prominent Democratic donor who manages the wealth of Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor. What scares the hell out of me is the way she would fundamentally change our free-enterprise system.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-wall-street.html
17 days later, Micheal Bloomberg announced his candidacy for president.