All of this is going to make Elizabeth Warren more electable to Dems. Sheās getting kudos from white voters for taking Trumpās best shot (Pocahontas) and bouncing back into the ring again. Minorities seem ready to overlook her errors because she would not be the first white person to make a mistake of white privilege, innocently or not. Sheās demonstrating first rate communication skills to all audiences. Clinton/Obama voters who harbor skepticism of Warren for giving Obama a difficult time on TPP and for not endorsing HRC sooner may soon let that go too if she keeps campaigning like she has and the two old dudes keep doing stupid things.
Itās going to be hard for Biden or Bernie to attack her for being a Republican well into adulthood and claim that theyāre more electable when Biden keeps shooting from the lip and gaffing it up and Bernie is Mr. Socialist who still hates Democrats.
At least Warren is on point talking about the issues of today. Her flaws seem more forgivable.
Of course, if Kamala Harris catches fire among minorities and builds on her wide appeal to suburban voters, she can drive around all of 'em.
But I have been told repeatedly on TPM that they are not as āelectableā 'cos they are women. These are the same people who supported HRC.
Re: Bernieās tweet. Whyās it always about him? Remind you of someone? Also, throwing around ācorporateā like that make him come across as a moron.
Joe Biden suffers from a terminal case of foot in mouth disease. He will fade.
What are Bidenās detractors calling for ā refusal to deal with duly elected members of Congress with repugnant views? Maybe that makes them feel good and pure but it doesnāt get infrastructure built. The fact is, the Republican party today is jam packed with neo-Confederates, but sooner or later there has to be bipartisanship to bring about any result, and claiming you can bring about the Millennium without it is a lie.
Superficial problem: WTF has Biden done to his face? Too much work, makes me suspicious.
So the chosen one sees āgood people on both sidesā. This should be interesting to watch.
Between Bidenās childlike guilelessness in regards to Republicans and his praise of long-dead segregationists, and Bernieās oafish attack on Warren, the Democratic primary just lost its two front runners. Only remaining questions for them are: when does Biden drop out, and how much damage will Bernie do on his way out the door.
Warren is the only candidate above a certain age who has demonstrated a willingness to take on Trump and the Republicans, deftly declined opportunities to gratuitously attack fellow Dems while also calling for impeachment (cough, Pelosi, cough), and delivered a cogent argument for why she should be elected President. She is also far, far better at retail politics than just about anyone else in the race. I had thought that Biden/Harris was the ticket. Now Iāll wager that we end up with Warren/Buttigeg. In just about every respect possible that ticket is the polar opposite of Trump/Pence, and polar opposite is what we need.
One can argue that one should work with the other side without using the worst possible example and clueless references to buttress oneās point. This was a stupid choice of words and anecdotes to support a legitimate point. It will create openings for others and it will cause more people to open themselves to other candidates.
Infrastructure? Is it that week again?
I liked Joe Biden about three weeks ago. I canāt stand the sight of him now.
Thatās a microsample, sure, but I canāt believe Iām the only one.
Also, I donāt think that there are many people who didnāt like Joe three weeks ago but do like him now.
Iām calling for him to stop normalizing racism and keep his mouth shut if he canāt help being a misogynistic asshat.
I have allways liked Biden in the background.
why is bernie bothering with nonsense from Politicoā¦
I mean, the headline made no sense ā why would ācentristsā be looking at Warren as an alternative to Bernie? There are about 20 other candidates more centrists that Warren.
IMHO, while I thought for a while that Bernie was cooked, heās reached the point where heās burnt ā himself.
no. heās being condemned for heaping praise on segregationists.
heās being condemned for bragging that he wasnāt called āboyā by a racist
heās being condemned for trying to make Eastland look like a great guy for being willing to help Biden get re-electedā¦
ā¦and for asking for the help of a racist demagogue to get re-elected.
Agree
Hopefully during the primary, not the General
I like Warren. Joe can be part of the new cabinet. Sherrod Brown for Veep. We need Ohioā¦
And Sherrod had better camp out in the entire state after the Nomination
What planet are you living on? āBipartisanshipā is a phony media term meaning, āIf Republicans are in power, Dems must accede to their wishes, and If Dems are in power, Republicans should get what they want anywayā.
People are pissed about Biden because he chose to make a case for civility by citing one of the most vile racists that existed in the Senate. I donāt want to hear about how, at the time, Biden was just starting out. Thatās no excuse for what he said now.
Civility only works if both sides practice it, and the GOP never does. Oh, and as long as the GOP has the Senate, your precious āinfrastructureā is never going to get rebuilt, because they donāt care about what the American people need. The GOP only cares about two things: money and power.
Biden is living in a dream world. You would think that after seeing McConnell and the rest of the GOP shit on Obama while Joe was his VP would have given him at least half a clue, but apparently not.
I always liked Biden in memes telling Obama how he hid something in the Resolute desk for Trump to find.