Don't mistake the Warren phenomenon for a personality cult.

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23. Yep! You feel like I do!

We've gotten to know Bernie a lot from his discussions with Thom Hartmann on Fridays over the years, and I think most progressives feel that he and we shape our thoughts together for what is needed for this country. I'd support Bernie in a heart beat.

But I think Warren, should she want to get in the race would be a better choice at this point pragmatically for the reasons that you list, and also because as a woman, she would deflate the distractions in the primary that the corporate media would inject on identity politics that we saw a lot last election when we had a man of color versus a woman.

With two white women (Clinton and Warren) in the primary this time, we will have the chance to help women finally get a voice at the top of the ticket and also have in the primaries a focus on the issues since the media won't be able to play the gender card in terms of distracting us from that. With Bernie running, we still might get that put in place. To really get a progressive accepted by a majority of Americans and have that 99% revolution of spirit and what the masses want, we'll NEED an emphasis on discussions on issues that affect all of us that the 1% don''t want discussed. Both Bernie and Warren will help us steer that national conversation that way to ensure the general election gets a progressive voice the support it needs to win.