Elizabeth Warren Not Ready To Endorse A Presidential Candidate But Says Sanders TALKS FROM THE HEART

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she’s in no rush to endorse a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, even if it makes her the only female senator in her party not to back Hillary Clinton. “It’s just not time for me to do that yet,” Warren said last night during a Main Street holiday lighting ceremony in Melrose. Warren was glaringly absent at a Clinton fundraiser earlier this week in which 13 of the 14 Democratic women of the U.S. Senate backed the former U.S. secretary of state.

Warren’s endorsement — representing the progressive base of the party that Clinton has feverishly been courting — could be a game-changer in the showdown between Clinton and Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. Asked when she thinks she might make an endorsement of any candidate, Warren was noncommittal: “I don’t know.” But she rejected the idea that Sanders is losing popularity, as Clinton holds on to a large lead in the national polls.

“Bernie is doing what Bernie always does — he’s out there talking from the heart, raising the issues that he’s raised for decades now,” said Warren. “That’s just who he is.”

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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2015/12/elizabeth_warren_not_ready_to_endorse_a_presidential_candidate

[moobu2]

1. Eventually, Elizabeth Warren will endorse Hillary though

Anybody that doesn't think that is delusional.

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2. Prove it...

...instead of making more David Brock wild-eyed claims......show us your reasoning proof.

[brooklynite]

24. "It’s just not time for me to do that yet,"

Emphasis on "yet".

She could have said she disagreed with Clinton.

She could have said it wasn't time to endorse Sanders "YET"

She didn't.

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25. Elizabeth Warren's position vs. Hillary Clinton

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged progressives Tuesday to defend Wall Street reform laws and pushed again for re-instating legislation that would break up big banks.

Warren called on Democrats to rally behind her proposal to re-instate Glass-Steagall, which President Bill Clinton repealed in 1999, during a speech in Washington to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law. She portrayed the repeal of Glass-Steagall as one of the causes of the 2008 economic collapse, something that Federal Reserve officials and Clinton refute.

"That high wall between high-risk trading and boring banking was punched full of holes until in the late 1990s, it was knocked down when Glass-Steagall was eventually repealed," she said. "And not long after that, the worst crash since the 1930s hit the American economy."

Warren’s comments come a day after an advisor to Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton said Clinton has no plans to push for the bank break-up bill.

I gather the line in the sand has been drawn just on this one issue........we'll see who stays true to their positions. I personally find Elizabeth Warren's position, who has now declined 2 of 'Hillary's all women Senator get-togethers', as very telling.......If Warren endorses Hillary in the next short while, she could kiss her progressive support & leverage goodbye and I believe she is quite aware of that.

[JonLeibowitz]

6. Sure, if she wins the nomination, an endorsement is certain. Same for Sanders.

Anything else is speculation, and you know that.

[moobu2]

22. Why would EW wait if she thought Bernie was a better candidate and all?

She's got such high principles remember and Bernie Sanders is supposed to be some kind of perfect liberal saviour type. lol She's waiting to endorse because it benefits her to wait and for no other reason.

[JonLeibowitz]

23. You are free to speculate. I won't proffer an opinion, my only role was to point out

what was and what was not speculation.

Trying to guess a U.S. Senator's political motivations and intended endorsements seems like speculation to me.

[moobu2]

30. If she was going to endorse Bernie Sanders

because she thought Bernie was the better candidate, she would have, unless she's hedging her bets to get the most out of her endorsement as possible and doesn't care which one wins.

[JonLeibowitz]

31. You don't get it? I don't give a shit about your supposed reasons for thinking what you do

I just prefer that people understand what is and what is not speculation. Speculation isn't all or even mostly necessarily incorrect.

[moobu2]

33. But she would have endorsed Bernie Sanders if she thought he <was> the best candidate

unless she's waiting because her position would be better if she waited, but that isn't going to help Bernie. She must not care too much who wins though or she would have put her support behind one of them. Maybe she's just thinking of herself though.

[JonLeibowitz]

34. That is your opinion and you are welcome to it. Not sure why you keep replying to me though.

[reformist2]

8. You should self-delete your post. I won't alert it, but it's rude.

[Cal33]

10. Since their political views are so much alike, I'd call it very reasonable to think

that Elizabeth would eventually endorse Bernie. I suppose timing could be an
important factor.

[JaneyVee]

17. The fact that she hasn't endorsed Bernie should be troublesome.

She has more than enough endorsements from senators and representatives that hold far much more clout i.e. John Lewis and Sharrod Brown.

[Jarqui]

27. I don't think so at all

A lot of folks aren't paying attention right now.

The time to endorse Bernie is when EVERYBODY is watching on a semi-slow media day. That would be around Iowa/New Hampshire - before if Bernie needs a boost or after if he's doing well in those states and they want momentum into Super Tueday.

To do it now or last summer would be a waste. She may pull a few to defect while she's at it. Or maybe the Kennedys get behind Bernie ...

who knows?

The effect of her endorsement could be like Ted Kennedy's in 2008 ...

[cantbeserious]

26. Thank You For Insulting This Citizen And Voter - Now Deciding To Alert On Your Post

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[SidDithers]

37. Post the results...

Since you told everyone you were alerting, it seems only fitting to post the results of the alert.

Sid

[cantbeserious]

40. Taunts - So Fitting - For The HRC Crowd

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[SidDithers]

41. The taunt was posting your intention to alert...

Why won't you post the alert and results?

Sid

[MFrohike]

36. She will

If Clinton is the nominee, Warren will endorse her and campaign for her. Should Clinton win, Warren will congratulate her. Should a President Clinton nominate questionable characters for financial regulatory positions or recommend questionable rules, she will find Warren opposing her just as hotly as she has opposed Obama.

Warren is not interested in compromising her independence. Anybody who thinks she'll endorse a primary candidate is simply wrong.

[still_one]

3. She won't endorse anyone until the results are obvious or more likely until a nominee is choosen

Not unlike the President

[LuvLoogie]

4. Liz is using her head.

She knows that to endorse Hillary now will forever alienate The (formerly Warren) Revolution who are now gathered at Bernie's shoal. She will want them for her own Presidential run after her stint in Hillary's Cabinet or Senate Leadership position should Dems take back the Senate.

Warren's influence on U.S. policy is already greater than Bernie's. She is a team player. She answered when The President called. She's in, and she is not going to risk that leverage for Bernie.

If she's using her head.

[Cal33]

11. I can't see Elizabeth endorsing Hillary. They have too many opposites -- Wall Street,

for example.

[LuvLoogie]

21. Would you say Sherrod Brown's positions are more in line with Bernie's or Hillary's?

Would you say that Maxine Waters' positions are more in line with Bernie's or with Hillary's?

If Bernie's positions are more in line with Elizabeth's, why has she not yet endorsed him?

Do her ambitions for herself outweigh her principles? No I don't think so.

I just think she gets the long term politics. Her nuetrality at this point shows a self-awareness regarding her potential and the responsibilties that come with it.

Whether this thing is over fast or long and drawn out, she is not going to get in the middle of it.

[Jarqui]

28. Me either

That Bill Moyers video with her talking about Hillary flip-flopping on the bankruptcy bill ...

The Clinton Foundation ...

Clinton's campaign donations from Wall Street, defense contractors, etc

This is stuff that's pretty core to what Elizabeth Warren isn't about.

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43. She was happy to have the Clintons support for her Senate campaign and...

the money they raised for her wasn't rejected because it came from Wall St.

The fact that Bernie did nothing for her leaves her with a decision to make. Support the person who helped and supported you who you will have to work for the next 8 years, or support Bernie who will soon go back to being a little liked and relatively unsupportive Senator without a party.

[bigdarryl]

5. Just remember she encouraged Hillary to run

[MissDeeds]

7. We all make mistakes n/t

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9. Nothing more..

than a public display to project party unity. Thats a far cry from an endorsement.

[Cal33]

12. That was some time ago. Nobody thought that Bernie would be running. Bernie, himself

probably didn't know it yet.

[Art_from_Ark]

48. She signed a letter just after entering the Senate

But she told CNN earlier this year that that letter does not equal an endorsement.

[Duval]

13. "that's just who he is"! Wouldn't a Sanders/Warren ticket be the "most"?

She is needed in the Senate, I know. But, what a team they would make.

[Metric System]

14. Did Reagan talk from the heart too? Was this his appeal when she voted for him and Bush 1?

[Armstead]

18. Yep...She's not kowtowing to Clinton so toss her under that bus

[reformist2]

15. We all know who she WANTS to endorse. But she is a politician now, so... ;)

[JaneyVee]

16. Why do we care? Her endorsement doesn't hold that much weight.

Certainly not even close to Rep John Lewis and others. Her holding out on endorsing anyone is not a big deal.

[oasis]

42. But..but the article says Warren's endorsement would be a "game changer".

As if Warren's support of Bernie would outweigh the scores of Democratic endorsements for Hillary.

"Game changer".......riiiiight.

[NCTraveler]

19. I greatly respect her decision to not endorse right now.

I believe it is the best move for her right now.

[bvar22]

20. I remember when Elizabeth said Hillary "was terriffic".

THAT was paraded around DU by the Hillary crowd as an "ENDORSEMENT" for weeks.

[MrMickeysMom]

32. I remember when she didn't think so ...

Between Women and Children, she figured Hillary loved Wall Street the most...
http://samuel-warde.com/2015/10/elizabeth-warren-hillary-clinton-chose-wall-street/

[lunamagica]

29. So why isn't EW endorsing Sanders? Why is it not time for her to do that yet?

If she wanted Sanders to win the primary she'd be endorsing him now. See, Hillary has so many endorsements and is already ahead, so endorsing her wouldn't make that much of a difference.

Now, Sanders is another story. Very, very few Democratic endorsements. Many here think an endorsement from her would be a game changer...but, she isn't doing it. She isn't helping Sanders...hmmm

Why is that?

[bvar22]

44. The problem is that if EW endorses Bernie,

she will be shut out of the White House, and banished to the basement with the rest of The Progressive Caucus.

[lunamagica]

47. So, she is certain (as you seem to be) that Hillary will win both the nomination and the GE. eom

[SidDithers]

35. Warren SNUBS Sanders, declines to endorse him for President...nt

Sid

[slipslidingaway]

38. Thanks EW for taking a bold stance as the only female Senator to not attend Hillary's endorsement...

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45. That would be TWICE EW snubbed Hillary's all-women invite

[book_worm]

39. Interesting that if she and Bernie are so much in tune with the issues that she has difficulty

endorsing him. If she thinks he would be the better president why doesn't she do it now when he probably could use it with the first caucus and primary coming up. I see that half the article is on gun control and Bernie doesn't have a great record on that score, so maybe that is one reason why she is not endorsing him.

[workinclasszero]

46. If John Lewis is endorsing you

I really wouldn't worry about anyone else.

I'm sure the senator will endorse Hillary when she makes a Bernie win mathematically impossible