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In reply to the discussion: She's DEFINITELY, ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY not runn... um... uh... [View all]bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)39. What IS matters less than how things are perceived
Kerry and the Duke were smeared as effete liberal elitists. They did not fight back.
I'm sure EW would fight back, but I also think she would overwhelmed by the deluge of money that would be spent to defeat her. She would not have the advantage of incumbency as Obama had. This is a post Citizens United world we live in, like it or not.
You think Adelson and the Kochs spent a lot to defeat Obama? Imagine how much they would spend to bury Warren, who is considerably more anti-corporate than our current president.
I'm sure she would make an game effort, but it doesn't do much good to when your opponent is speaking ten times louder and ten times as often on the airwaves.
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She's DEFINITELY, ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY not runn... um... uh... [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2014
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I think they should leave her alone. She says she is not running and I take her at her word.
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#1
So you're essentially saying Warren is a typical dissembling politician. nt
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2014
#23
No. Warren is not running. She has not yet decided whether she might run. It depends.
JDPriestly
Jul 2014
#57
are you sure about that crystal ball of yours? Might want to shine it up a bit. ... lol
Tuesday Afternoon
Jul 2014
#18
...and a setback for the fantasy world "maybe she'll change her mind" contingent...
brooklynite
Jul 2014
#8
So she "didn't endorse" in the same sense that she "didn't say she wouldn't run"?
brooklynite
Jul 2014
#29
To paraphrase Bill Clinton, it depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is not...
brooklynite
Jul 2014
#33
Someone who wants to run will pick up the mantle and run with the ready made supporters.
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#30
I have a standing policy of not voting for anyone from Mass. in a Dem. primary
bluestateguy
Jul 2014
#27
What part of NO MEANS NO, don't you get Manny? She should change her mind to please you?
KittyWampus
Jul 2014
#46
She's supporting another Presidential candidate now, just like Hillary is....er, um, wait a min...
brooklynite
Jul 2014
#54
i really don't think she's running, but the speculation pushes the left to the left...that is good.
spanone
Jul 2014
#59
Candidate Warren pledging to serve out her term in the Senate if elected. nt
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2014
#67
Well, Manny, it's like satirists, those who have to explain it's satire aren't satirists...
Spazito
Jul 2014
#70
Probably, the third way Dems relentlessly keep pushing it every chance they get
Dragonfli
Jul 2014
#91