Warren for President 2020

Election Year Regrets Open Thread: What Might’ve Been

by Anne Laurie| March 12, 20206:04 pm| 101 Comments

This post is in: A Woman's Place Is In The House, Election 2020, Warren for President 2020

The intersection of a complex, unexpected health crisis causing an unusual form of recession is exactly the kind of thing Elizabeth Warren would've been unusually good at handling.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 10, 2020

It was the financial crisis, with all its chaos and uncertainty, that launched her political career in the first place. If the next president is entering into a similar situation, she would've been well suited for it.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 10, 2020

(Here’s hoping President Biden enters office with her already ramping up a full task force… )

This is from ~8 days ago and still is a gold standard for planning strategically around the rapidly unfolding crisis. https://t.co/uGzBaRAE65

— Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) March 10, 2020

This was only a week ago!

WARREN: Biden “is exactly who he says he is. He is a decent guy… and it comes through in pretty much everything he does.”

MADDOW: “U have disagreements with him on a number of policy issues?”

WARREN: “Yup. And agreements in a number of core policy issues.”

— Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou (@misyrlena) March 6, 2020

Of all sad words of tongue or pen…

Elizabeth Warren was the perfect test case: as smart or smarter than Hillary, just as prepared, just as qualified.
AND she didn't have her baggage,
AND she was a known progressive hero,
AND she turned out to be a fantastic campaigner.

And still. and still. and still.

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 5, 2020

That is what makes this particularly stinging, once again we followed everyone's advice, we checked all the boxes, and it didn't matter. We didn't get the job.

And that's tough, today. But we keep getting close, and we keep breaking through. Warren mattered. Kamala mattered.

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 5, 2020

We are so much farther today than we were in 2016 — it took us months to even recognize the role sexism played in Hillary's loss, and now it's such a given it's in a hulu documentary.

We talked about "likability" and "electability" — we didn't solve it, but we named it.

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 5, 2020

And a whole generation of girls are growing up only knowing presidential contests with smart, funny, wonderful women who look presidential as hell.

It will be easier next time.

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 5, 2020

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Bailey Eats a Burrito

by Adam L Silverman| March 5, 20206:07 pm| 131 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Election 2020, Food, Food & Recipes, Humorous, Open Threads, Pet Blogging, Warren for President 2020

We can use an open thread, so here’s a video clip of very good boy Bailey swiping and eating someone’s burrito at Warren campaign headquarters earlier today.

Bailey legit just swiped someone’s burrito. pic.twitter.com/MWr6ZeiJa2

— Gabrielle Farrell ? President Warren 2020 (her/s) (@FarrellGabriell) March 5, 2020

Current defense attorney, former Federal prosecutor, burrito aficionado, and Michael Avenatti bête noire Ken White has taken the case!

The evidence is circumstantial at best, my client has no statement, is my client free to leavehttps://t.co/LKzSDVryT8

— WorkThroughItHat (@Popehat) March 5, 2020

Also, everyone, for the love of someone’s, anyone’s, and/or no one’s (for the atheists) Deity or Deities (for the polytheists), please use horizontal mode for pictures and videos!!!!

Whose a good boy, with very bad gas? Bailey is!!!!

Open thread!

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The Senate Is In Play

by TaMara| March 5, 202010:09 am| 43 Comments

This post is in: Nature & Respite, Open Threads, Politics, Take Back The Senate 2020, Warren for President 2020

I know many of us are disappointed about two old guys (no offense to any old guys) looking to be the final two standing in the Democratic primary. I’m hoping Elizabeth stays in for as long as she can, so we can continue to hear her important plans and ideas. Stay and make sure she has a seat at the table.

In the words of the indomitable Shirley Chisholm,

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”

Meanwhile, polls are giving some good news. I know in Colorado, Gardner is for sure in trouble. And I suspect Mark Kelly’s chances are pretty good.

You can donate to all four here:https://t.co/djoZYtDLVl https://t.co/1FVaf1l9nx

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) March 5, 2020

The Senate is in play. We need to fight like hell for that…

I will have a respite thread later today, probably ducks and kitties. Maybe handsome Bixby after his bath.

Open thread

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Nevertheless…

by Anne Laurie| March 5, 20206:49 am| 223 Comments

This post is in: Election 2020, Excellent Links, Open Threads, Warren for President 2020

We wanted to share a message from campaign manager @RogerLau about our path forward. https://t.co/f9bV1F4Ko1

— Team Warren (@TeamWarren) March 4, 2020

I have this consolation: Elizabeth Warren will still be my senior Senator, even if the rest of the country doesn’t appreciate what they’re missing. But I’m not giving up on her Presidential campaign until I hear it from her.

OK this is my one ride or die tweet about this:

Warren is the best candidate for President by far and it's really fucking depressing to live in a country that (for 2 elections in a row) is falling apart bc men are threatened by women who are smarter than them.

Have a nice day.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) March 4, 2020

My wife has spoken: “@ewarren should stay in, cause it’s possible that both of these dudes will have a heart attack during their next debate.”

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) March 4, 2020

Also, she really has no great exit ramp right now. Quit and endorse Bernie, who called a her a liar and has no respect for her? Don't see a Biden endorsement either. Just quit? I don't see it. Warren's brand is she persists. So keep on doing so.

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) March 5, 2020

I also think she's a terrific symbol for winning back the Senate and then leading it into battle. Staying on this stage longer helps with that.

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) March 5, 2020

You can tell me and you can tell me and you can tell me — but let me tell you: There's not a lie I haven't heard about what a woman can and cannot do. At my age, every act of sexism and misogyny is an encore production. https://t.co/wj23KDTPkp

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) March 5, 2020

… I try never to lead with my injuries, but it’s one thing to work hard to get over a disloyal love. A heart can heal, after all. It’s something quite different when the betrayal never comes to an end.

Once again, it seems, we will have to wait at least another four years to see a woman sworn in as president of the United States.

“It’s not because she’s a woman,” people tell me.

“It’s because she’s that woman,” people tell me.

“It’s because of Hillary’s loss that it feels like a woman could not win,” people tell me.

You can tell me and you can tell me and you can tell me — but let me tell you: There’s not a lie I haven’t heard about what a woman can and cannot do. At my age, every act of sexism and misogyny is an encore production…

If you had told me 20 years ago that we’d still be having this conversation about the limitations of women, the only thing I would have allowed you was a running start to get out of my way…

Personally, I'd like @ewarren to stay in at least through the March 15 debate. Both those guys could use some spark. But if, as is being reported, she drops out, I hope she doesn't endorse. Let's see where this race is going.

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) March 5, 2020

And FWIW, Howard Dean thinks Warren should stick it out past the next race, noting the volatile race has been full of twists and turns and things could still change. “If I were Elizabeth, I don’t think I’d drop out until next week.”

— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) March 5, 2020

A reminder that Elizabeth Warren already had an opportunity to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. In 2016. She endorsed Hillary Clinton.

— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) March 4, 2020

IOW the people futilely plugging away in DC jobs they once loved, but now feel stuck in, feel *seen* by her. They don't think there's any way to move forward without acknowledging then breaking the "norms" that no longer work. This is a really small group, but it's real/v. online

— Meredith Shiner (@meredithshiner) March 2, 2020

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Open Thread: I’m Still A Warren Democrat

by Anne Laurie| March 4, 20209:34 am| 163 Comments

This post is in: Election 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Warren for President 2020

Every day in the selfie lines, I hear the stories from people who are struggling, who need a government that's on their side, not the side of the billionaires and giant corporations. They're why I'm in this fight. pic.twitter.com/oE0fR64rIW

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) March 4, 2020

While she’s in it, I’m with her. (And if she endorses someone else, I’ll — almost certainly — take her advice.)

And as I said yesterday… what with circumstances (including COVID-19, yup), we need a backup candidate who’s got a campaign structure ready to go. Not to ill-wish anybody ~~who isn’t a Republican~~, but in the clips I was seeing last night, the Only True Progressive Candidate did not look like a well man, and Murphy the Trickster God is taking entirely too much interest in our little contest this year.

Warren message to supporters: "There are six more primaries just one week away, and we need your help to keep up the momentum." pic.twitter.com/zr2QlQOVqk

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) March 4, 2020

Warren has not done well tonight and that's a damn shame because I believe she's the best person to lead this country. Yet, she demolished Bloomberg and Chris Matthews in the same week and can point to a record of actually getting shit done. Her weakness? Being a woman. https://t.co/z8bxfEsXZI

— Charlotte Clymer ?️‍? (@cmclymer) March 4, 2020

Oh, and just to make it absolutely clear: I'm still riding with Elizabeth Warren. I can see her getting to the convention in a deadlocked scenario and being the perfect leader to unite the two wings of the party. She is of the greatest presidential timber. I believe in her.

— Charlotte Clymer ?️‍? (@cmclymer) March 4, 2020

Elizabeth Warren vowed to fight back after her dismal performance on Super Tuesday.

While her campaign had insisted it still saw an opening by going to the convention, the results were far below their own publicly-released projections https://t.co/Dv9e5ZgTmq pic.twitter.com/zw4ChvgfD3

— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2020

Elizabeth Warren deserves to be doing better than this.

— Andrew Yang?? (@AndrewYang) March 4, 2020

Fuck you. Is that articulate enough? Same as Sanders, she is arguing for her own superior capacities and vision and she can, if she wants, proceed to the convention with her own leverage to try to influence the party’s choices and platforms. Her delegates can matter. https://t.co/XgMHGlXZ81

— David Simon (@AoDespair) March 1, 2020

I've backed two people in this race, @JulianCastro & @ewarren. I poured my heart into helping them develop disability policy that meant something–that would do some good for people usually left behind

And I will do everything I can to help the Democratic nominee win the general pic.twitter.com/oDlyMi1cHT

— Matthew Cortland, Esq ?? (@mattbc) March 4, 2020

Next time vote for the person who inspires you most. That way the winner will be the one who inspires the most people. https://t.co/zBvgyA2z71 pic.twitter.com/7SYAspjT8b

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 4, 2020

Asked AOC if she thinks — as some have called for — that Warren should drop out and endorse Sanders. “I don’t think that’s up to me. I think that’s a very deeply personal decision,” she said. Said Sanders + his supporters shoud instead be making the push to earn those votes.

— Addy Baird (@addysbaird) March 3, 2020

They won’t like hearing this but progressives overreached w Sanders & cost themselves their 1st real shot at the party’s nomination. Had they gone w Warren, outcome might have been different but too many people are spooked by the actual socialist thing.
There’s a lesson in that

— Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer ??? (@RachelBitecofer) March 4, 2020

John Legend explains why he decided to publicly endorse @ewarren: "What I love about Elizabeth’s agenda is that she’s focused a lot on reforming democracy, making it less corrupt and more and more beholden to the ordinary people out there in the country" https://t.co/mLznhll4e3

— Variety (@Variety) March 3, 2020

Then, again, there’s a really smart and capable woman with many detailed plans. Whatever. https://t.co/hoMmf5Gs0H

— Soraya Chemaly (@schemaly) March 4, 2020

Speaking of inspiration:

Florida man expresses concern about woman running for president.

— Alexis Henshaw (@Prof_Henshaw) March 4, 2020

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Nobody Knows Anything

by Anne Laurie| March 3, 20206:10 am| 143 Comments

This post is in: Election 2020, Music, Open Threads, Warren for President 2020, Riveted By The Sociological Significance Of It All

Gonna be a long stressful day, Jackals — stay hydrated, and Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum.

Prediction: omit California & Biden gets more delegates than Sanders tomorrow. And when everything is counted Bernie’s haul in CA is more modest than people have been expecting.

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 2, 2020

Along w the torrent of cash, there will now be a torrent of endorsements of Biden. I’m not sure Bernie has endorsements from five members of Congress. He won’t get any more. Biden will, & get the more valuable endorsements (bc they come w campaign infrastructure) govs & mayors

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 2, 2020

Kinda seems like the story is black people deciding. https://t.co/iVQUTB90gU

— Malarkey Delenda Est (@agraybee) March 2, 2020

A large field with moderates splitting the vote was Bernie’s dream race.

A small field with Warren splitting his support is Bernie’s nightmare scenario.

This entire race flipped upside down in three days.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 2, 2020

The idea that your 78 year old candidate is less senile than his 77 year old opponent is a previously unexplored line of attack in American politics. We are at the bold new frontiers of gerontocracy

— Pinboard (@Pinboard) March 2, 2020

I’m voting for Elizabth Warren [surprise!], if only because we need a backup candidate available if Candidate A has another brain aneurysm or Candidate B has another myocardial infarction. Also, TBH, as a private ladylike little FUCK YOU ALL to the many, many politicians / pundits / voters who have brought us to the current state of the race.

We are thrilled to announce that we are endorsing @ewarren to be president of the United States! pic.twitter.com/2eFWVnlqXN

— EMILY's List (@emilyslist) March 2, 2020

I’d settle for her eviscerating Pence https://t.co/hywBlFiW4R

— local jack please ban the nazis person (@pleizar) March 3, 2020

I think a lot of people don’t understand that Warren’s appeal is as much about competency as it is about platform — there are voters who are both further right *and* further left than she is who support her because they believe she can get shit done.

— Lux ??????? Alptraum (@LuxAlptraum) March 3, 2020

I have no idea if Warren can win but I'd still like to see her stick it out if only to pressure people to take on her plans and make them a part of the platform

— Lux ??????? Alptraum (@LuxAlptraum) March 3, 2020

stay in the race Liz

get as many delegates as you possibly can and parlay that into some serious influence next year if we win somehow https://t.co/dg5MZshiPI

— local jack please ban the nazis person (@pleizar) March 3, 2020

Elizabeth Warren raised nearly $30 million last month and is poised to get a real look from voters in a smaller field.

There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for #WarrenEndorseBernie

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) Marc
h 2, 2020

good https://t.co/itGiuuA56x

— The Online-Normie Complex (@canderaid) March 3, 2020

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Election Year Open Thread: Stephen Colbert {Hearts} Elizabeth Warren, Too

by Anne Laurie| February 27, 202010:14 am| 318 Comments

This post is in: Because of wow., Election 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Warren for President 2020

(Even after he tried to hoard all the ribs, and she threatened to stab him with a fork.)

At rally for Warren in Charleston, John Legend says he already voted early in CA.

“I put it in pen early. I made my decision and I'm not changing my mind."

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 27, 2020

Thing is — I’ve said this before — even if she’s not the nominee, Senator Warren already has a job she loves, and that she’s good at. So while I would very much prefer, given the current options, that she be our next president, well…

Tomorrow, I’m introducing a plan that takes every dime Donald Trump is spending on his wall, and diverting it to fighting the coronavirus. #CNNTownHall

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 27, 2020

Watch this video and elect this woman president. pic.twitter.com/eTsEr8Lfo0

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) February 26, 2020

My favorite part of this video is when the guy counters by being like “the will of the voters must be respected because Bernie won 22 states 2016” and like brother I don’t know how to break this to you but sure sounds someone else won the other 28 https://t.co/u6urlrRqRB

— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) February 27, 2020

????????? @ewarren #Warren2020 pic.twitter.com/cjvYcQTGM6

— ?? OTEP SHAMAYA ?? (@otepofficial) February 27, 2020

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Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

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Optimism opens the door to great things.

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It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

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Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Everybody saw this coming.

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Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?