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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,710 posts)
Wed Dec 28, 2016, 01:42 PM Dec 2016

Warren stirs talk of 2020 White House run

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is set to bolster her Senate resume next year, sparking early talk about a 2020 presidential bid.

The Massachusetts Democrat will join the Armed Services Committee in 2017, branching out beyond the tough-on-Wall Street message that made her a liberal favorite.

Warren has tied the decision to her family - her three brothers served in the military - and Massachusetts ranks in the top 10 states on military spending, according to a Pentagon report.

But the announcement spawned a wave of a media speculation that Warren is filling portfolio gaps to position herself for a 2020 presidential run.

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell called the step a "very important move that could be a first step in a presidential campaign."

The Washington Post's Daily 202 - a morning rundown aimed at decision makers inside Washington - speculated that Warren and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who is separately joining the Foreign Relations Committee, "very clearly want to seek the presidency for themselves in 2020."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/warren-stirs-talk-of-2020-white-house-run/ar-BBxDSSL?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

Only speculation at this point.

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Warren stirs talk of 2020 White House run (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 OP
SASC is a good committee--they (HASC and SASC) do a lot of the work of the Congress. MADem Dec 2016 #1
K&R... spanone Dec 2016 #2
WOWSA jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #3

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. SASC is a good committee--they (HASC and SASC) do a lot of the work of the Congress.
Wed Dec 28, 2016, 01:47 PM
Dec 2016

It's a very high viz gig, too.

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