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In reply to the discussion: If not Warren, then whom? If not now, then when? [View all]Laelth
(32,017 posts)The right wing and the corporate media are going to push the meme that whomever we nominate is the most liberal so-and-so since Lenin. That's unavoidable, and if they're going to paint our candidate in that way, we might as well run a real liberal.
Warren does need some foreign policy experience, but W had none when he was (s)elected. Didn't seem to matter in 2000. I don't think it matters now. Bill Clinton had no foreign policy experience when he ran in 1992. Didn't matter. I see this as a non-issue.
Pure demographics say that whomever we nominate will win. As I have argued elsewhere, our chances are better in this political environment when we run Caucasian women.
I see no reason to withhold support from Elizabeth Warren. If you want to see a liberal elected President in 2016, she's the best chance we have.
Thank you for the thoughtful response.
-Laelth