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In reply to the discussion: If not Warren, then whom? If not now, then when? [View all]zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)The OP was addressed about people who want a vastly more liberal candidate than HRC. It's focused at people who object to the movement the DLC has pushed the party through.
That said, and I say this as a Warren supporter and early funder. I think alot of people perceive her to be more liberal than she may be. She is fairly aware of the unfairness of the current regulatory environment, especially as it pertains to the banking and finance sectors. On the rest of the classic democratic issues, it isn't clear.
Many of us let ourselves project a more liberal image on to Obama, mostly because of his opposition to the Iraq war. Then we end up with a president that wants Chained CPI, sustained troops in Afghanistan past 2014, rather "look forward than backwards" on Gitmo torture, pushed single payer and the public option off the table and kept the mandate on the table, and has completely reversed course on NSA spying and telecom cooperation.
Warren's good, I'm not sure she's Feingold, Sanders, or Kucinich.