Elizabeth Warren on Morning Joe (Video)

[Frosty1]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22887506#44607826

[Atman]

1. I loved it. She is awesome.

I love the way she leaned forward, on her elbow, very casual. She obviously is not a seasoned politician, which is part of what is so appealing. She was natural, like talking to someone you've hung out with before, not like a polished, practiced douche bag who has been instructed on what to say about any given subject. She's intelligent and personable and I wish her (and Massachusetts) the best of luck!

[Frosty1]

2. Yes she is isn't she!

:hi:

[Ship of Fools]

3. Was it my imagination or did the other panelists look *cowed*?

The guy working for Perry looked like he wanted to abandon ship for Warren!, imo. I think she's going to be a real force, and I'd vote for her any day of the week & twice on Sundays.

[Frosty1]

8. I think they realized pretty quickly

that they couldn't distract her from her message.

[CTyankee]

11. who was the guy working for Perry on that panel. It was Mika, Joe,

Halperin, Barnicle and Willy...

[Ship of Fools]

18. The balding guy -- didn't they say he was trying to

shore up Jewish votes within Perry's campaign?

[CTyankee]

21. Oh yeah, that's John Heileman, I forgot him. But that was a JOKE!

He's down in Austin for the band festival there. Scarborough was kidding. Heileman co-wrote that book on the campaign "Game Change" with Halperin, altho he is not smarmy like Halperin. Joe's been cracking wise remarks about Heileman being there. Heileman is a political journalist and writes for New York Magazine. It did seem to fool Warren, who seemed to take Joe's remark at face value.

[EC]

4. What the hell was Halprin talking about?

Worried about the Chinese army?

[Ship of Fools]

5. I know! I thought I'd missed some big conspiracy theory ...

[democrat_patriot]

6. He was trying to stump her.

Didn't work.

Halperin's a dick.

[CTyankee]

9. He was trying a "gotcha" question, thinking he'd pull what was pulled on Sarah Palin.

He wanted to make her out to be a one trick pony, totally lacking in any foreign policy or military policy areas.

Halperin didn't care aabout the "Chinese army." He totally pulled that out of his ass.

This is the second time he's spouted off like an idiot, trying to make himself look like a tough guy. He just looked and sounded like a jerk...

[UTUSN]

7. Willie is always the least offensive of the crew but he and dick-HALPERIN were PISSED!1

I'm super glad she's who she is (on our side). That said, she *does* have a talking-down air. I didn't see HALPERIN as shutting up because she defeated him. He thought she had skated around his "military" trap, the same attitude the media had towards GORE as being elitist.

[CTyankee]

10. But he was, as usual, "too clever by half" as the Brits say.

It looked very obvious that all he was interested in was "gotcha." That doesn't make him look serious. It makes him look like a jerk.

Besides, Warren has an abundance of resources at her fingertips that she can call upon, as Halperin should know. She probably has some of the ablest foreign policy advisors in the country. And she has the Kennedy School of Politics at Harvard as well. Halperin should not have tried to cast her as a Sarah Palin. Her answer was right on. It was exactly right. And if he had pulled his head out of his ass long enough to think this thing through he would have realized that it was a fool's errand.

[zalinda]

14. I didn't see or hear a talking down air.

She was straight to the point, clear and concise. She didn't use ten dollar words, to show how intelligent she is. Everyone, from no education to higher education would be able to understand her. The voice she used is the voice that all moms have, or at least good moms have. A voice that explains in no uncertain terms that she means what she says. A voice that every kid recognizes as "she's not kidding, she's serious". I think this is exactly the type of 'mom' America needs right now.

zalinda

[kentuck]

12. She is great but I would give her just a bit of advice...

Pictures are important. If you are going to be a defender of the middle class, try not to be photographed with yachts and sailboats in the background. :-)

[zalinda]

15. I don't think she had a choice. The studios pretty much

have control of that. She may have been in front of a green screen and would never know what was going on behind her.

zalinda

[ThomWV]

17. Good point.

[phleshdef]

19. I doubt her constituents in Mass are going to care about with how common sailing is there.

Her hypothetical constituents, I should say.

[lumberjack_jeff]

20. Boston Harbor is a good backdrop for her.

I don't see sailboats with such negative implications.

[CTyankee]

22. Neither did I. I thought it was cool...

[Frustratedlady]

13. Thanks for posting that link. I missed her, this morning, and was hoping someone would.

I love how she methodically and calmly explains her answers so they can understand. That's going some for that crew.

[CTyankee]

23. Do you think her being addressed as "professor Warren" is a drawback?

I was pondering that. Mika called her Elizabeth but the men called her Professor Warren. At first, I thought they were being a bit snarky but I guess I shouldn't be took suspicious at this point...

[Atman]

24. Only for the Tea Bagger...intelligence is a drawback.

Won't matter though...she's a pointy-headed elitist, but she's running in a state full of pointed-headed elitists (I can say that -- I was born in MA, raised my own kids there).

[CTyankee]

25. Well, she was raised in OK on the edge of poverty and worked in a factory.

I don't think she qualifies her to be in any way a "pointy-headed elitist." If that's the term we Dems want to use, let's use it against Mitt Romney, not Warren!

[Atman]

26. She's in MA now, so that makes her a Pointy-Headed Elitist

In the minds of Tea Baggers, even someone with a high school education is a pointy-headed elitist.

[malaise]

16. Thanks - I missed it

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