Warren finally took on Sanders, but it may be too late

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Elizabeth Warren's longstanding truce with Bernie Sanders came apart in the days before the Nevada caucuses. But the push came too late, with her campaign now on life-support after disappointing finishes in the first three states to vote.

Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, won a dominant victory in Nevada on Saturday, with Warren coming in fourth after she spent the preceding week throwing caution to the wind, for the first time making an explicit case for why Sanders should not be the Democratic presidential nominee.

When Sanders began a comeback after his heart attack in October, Warren softened her message to emphasize party unity, which seemed to undercut the image of a progressive "fighter" that had fueled her rise in the first place.

"Her strategy failed her. Her strategy failed her, and she clearly changed her strategy this week," said Mary Anne Marsh, a Democratic consultant in Boston, in Warren's home state, Massachusetts.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/her-strategy-failed-her-warren-finally-took-sanders-it-may-n1141291

[ehrnst]

1. I hope not. I deeply, deeply hope not.

Democracy itself is at stake in this election.

[question everything]

2. Certainly her attacks on everyone during the debate did not help her

She is still searching. Trying to outdo Sanders with the hopes, real, at first, that many who love all the freebies will choose her over Sanders. Did not work. So she dropped M4A and, perhaps other ideas. And now she is clueless, searching to redefine herself.

[in2herbs]

3. I think EW's "assault" on Bloomberg at the debate was on point and interfered with his momentum. I

think that BS is in her sights to interfere with his momentum. I think that's good politics.

[blm]

4. What a load of horsepoo. Joe and Pete attack

Warren for a straight 3mths while they completely laid off Sanders. They got Warren’s numbers down and increased Sanders.

Blame Joe, Pete, and the cheap potshots they took at Warren - She is the one who was keeping Sanders numbers down last fall, but nooooo..... Joe and Pete wanted Sanders more than Warren, I guess.