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Starkiller Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/wall-street-spreads-anybodybutelizabeth-warren-sentiment.html?utm_source=digg The recent, steady rise of Elizabeth Warren’s presidential candidacy has obviously changed the dynamics of the 2020 Democratic nomination contest. While her strong favorability rating among Democrats has unsurprisingly paralleled her enhanced levels of support as a first-choice candidate, nagging doubts remain about her “electability” — despite the fact that she is routinely leading Trump in general-election trial-heat polls. Some of it undoubtedly flows from the unproven but widespread belief that Americans (usually other Americans, not poll respondents themselves) “aren’t ready” for a woman as president. There are also various concernsarising from Warren’s standing in her home state of Massachusetts — or even from the identity of her home state, which produced presidential-general-election losers in 1988, 2004, and 2012. Some observers even think the vastly overblown “scandal” over Warren once identifying in an academic directory as Native American — the source of the endless Trumpian “Pocahontas” taunt — is a much bigger deal than any rational assessment would suggest. But the problem with Warren that we are beginning to hear about most frequently is the claim that she’s just “too liberal” or “too far left” for otherwise persuadable voters (or donors) to countenance. Thus, in theory, she will lose swing voters that, say, Joe Biden might win, in part because her anti-corporate rhetoric and progressive policy positions will play into the Trump campaign’s clearly planned message that Democrats are all godless, baby-killing, America-hating socialists. Where is this argument coming from, if Warren is leading Trump in trial heats and becoming steadily more popular? Pretty clearly, corporate voices from Wall Street to Silicon Valley are taking the lead in demonizing her, for good reason: She’s a threat to their bottom lines and their all-but-sovereign business practices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted October 9, 2019 Report Share Posted October 9, 2019 https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/09/warren-fundraisers-general-election-2020-043127 Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she will continue to swear off high-dollar campaign fundraisers in the general election if she becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, extending her personal ban on the events beyond the primary and reversing an earlier statement. “When Elizabeth is the Democratic nominee for president, she’s not going to change a thing in how she runs her campaign,” campaign spokesperson Kristen Orthman said in a statement Tuesday, which Warren later amplified in a Twitter thread. “That means no PAC money. No federal lobbyist money. No special access or call time with rich donors or big dollar fundraisers to underwrite our campaign.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMax Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 18 minutes ago, Soxcat said: Yep stands by her lies. Good for her. I'm torn between her and Biden as to which is the bigger joke. the answer is Trump. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLStudent Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 https://www.thedailybeast.com/elizabeth-warren-has-been-talking-to-andrew-gillum-sparking-vice-president-buzz?ref=wrap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, NFLStudent said: https://www.thedailybeast.com/elizabeth-warren-has-been-talking-to-andrew-gillum-sparking-vice-president-buzz?ref=wrap I'm not really sure how much a mayor of Tallahassee turned failed senate candidate brings to the ticket as a VP nominee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLStudent Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Starkiller said: I'm not really sure how much a mayor of Tallahassee turned failed senate candidate brings to the ticket as a VP nominee. Governor. He ran for Governor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-weeks-of-criticism-warren-says-she-will-release-a-plan-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all/2019/10/20/b73ba578-f379-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html?outputType=amp Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday her campaign will release a plan to pay for the Medicare-for-all health proposal she’s backed “in the next few weeks,” but she continued to deflect questions about whether middle-class taxes would go up. That promise comes after weeks of attacks from other Democratic candidates in the presidential race, who say Warren is not being honest with voters about how she would fund the massive health-care plan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oldschool Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 7:14 PM, Starkiller said: I'm not really sure how much a mayor of Tallahassee turned failed senate candidate brings to the ticket as a VP nominee. Don't be naive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775339519/heres-how-warren-finds-20-5-trillion-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all Sen. Elizabeth Warren says paying for "Medicare for All" would require $20.5 trillion in new federal spending over a decade. That spending includes higher taxes on the wealthy, but no new taxes on the middle class. The Democratic presidential candidate released her plan to pay for Medicare for All on Friday, after being dogged for months by questions of how she would finance such a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system. That pressure has been intensified by the fact that Warren has made detailed proposals a central part of her brand as a candidate. Warren bases her plan off of a recent analysis from the Urban Institute, which estimated that under current law, Americans would spend $52 trillionover the next decade on healthcare — that includes many different types of spending, from employers, individuals, and all levels of government. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollop Posted November 2, 2019 Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 On 10/20/2019 at 9:37 PM, tgo said: As a Jewish man this makes me love this woman even more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemEngr79 Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Rolltide said: More evidence that a Warren candidacy could be disastrous for democrats. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/04/wall-street-shuns-chuck-schumer-donation-requests-as-elizabeth-warren-surges.html They are afraid she will push real reforms to take away their ability to drive policy. About fucking time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted November 7, 2019 Report Share Posted November 7, 2019 Work nights, work weekends, work yourself to death you bunch of suckers, meanwhile we'll do an unfunded 1.5 trillion dollar tax cut for the wealthy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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