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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren supports Hillary for President [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)217. How old are you--12? It wasn't that long ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftboating
Hillary Clinton, absent a health scare or some personal tragedy, is running. Everyone knows it except a small cadre of people here on DU. Even Joe Biden knows it, and he won't stand in the path of history. He and Obama will no doubt campaign on her behalf.
The only question is who the GOP candidate will be, and it's looking like Christie is a strong contender, though the "fringe loony" wing might be able to push forward their own favored nutjob.
Hillary Clinton, absent a health scare or some personal tragedy, is running. Everyone knows it except a small cadre of people here on DU. Even Joe Biden knows it, and he won't stand in the path of history. He and Obama will no doubt campaign on her behalf.
The only question is who the GOP candidate will be, and it's looking like Christie is a strong contender, though the "fringe loony" wing might be able to push forward their own favored nutjob.
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She is a Senator, not an Oracle. I feel zero obligation to follow suite.
TheKentuckian
Oct 2013
#158
Same here. It doesn't matter to me one whit who Elizabeth Warren supports.
LuvNewcastle
Oct 2013
#193
Yeah, the position flattened me also. With the crazy republican threats around,
bluestate10
Oct 2013
#68
+1 So basically you're saying that she would be rejected on Jerry Springer's "Bagage" show.
L0oniX
Oct 2013
#121
Of course, it wasn't a hard decision to make since SHE WASN'T RUNNING to begin with
brooklynite
Oct 2013
#13
This isn't about "comment," though. This is a letter, a private letter, signed by
MADem
Oct 2013
#209
Without this, one doesn't raise a billion dollars, and other "incidentals". A true, electable
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#253
Before today, did you ever express your belief that Warren would support Hillary this early?
Jamiletto
Oct 2013
#55
How can you at once call Warren an independent thinker then turn around and say that
bluestate10
Oct 2013
#71
I will support whoever the nominee is, and I kick and rec anyone who will support ANYONE
LaydeeBug
Oct 2013
#11
Warren has said more than once that she's not interested in running for president.
Beacool
Oct 2013
#23
That wasn't the Turd Way line when we had to move to "center" to win the White House but enjoyed
TheKentuckian
Oct 2013
#159
"The actual letter has still not emerged publicly. But its existence adds momentum
winter is coming
Oct 2013
#65
Hey, we could try these two. They're ideologically pure, and they've got experience......
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2013
#66
I actually empathize with you even though I don't agree. You're in for a disappointment.
stevenleser
Oct 2013
#56
She outpolls top Republican prospects in their own states. I think she wins 42 states in the gen.
stevenleser
Oct 2013
#103
If she thinks we can go through another round of spreading the wealth to the cronies,
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2013
#160
It would depend on whether Hillary is running or whether other candidates are better
Jamiletto
Oct 2013
#59
That is not even something to be wondered about. Hillary has a ton of grace and class where that
stevenleser
Oct 2013
#61
Clinton showed plenty of grace when She stepped aside for President Obama in the nomination
hrmjustin
Oct 2013
#63
I don't think Warren would run against her but if she did and warren won then I would expect the
hrmjustin
Oct 2013
#79
I am sure Hillary would support any Democratic woman that chose to run. Clinton
bluestate10
Oct 2013
#76
In case you missed it, after the primaries were over Hillary fully supported Obama.
Beacool
Oct 2013
#138
I'll bet HRC will support EW when it comes time for her to run for reelection, or if EW wants to
MADem
Oct 2013
#212
wow at this rate she'll have the nomination locked up by the end of the year.
gopiscrap
Oct 2013
#77
Of course we care. But lets face it. President Obama is not going to be able to solve all of
totodeinhere
Nov 2013
#247
no, the "inevitability" meme has to be spread on DU, as well as the "no one else is electable" meme.
antigop
Nov 2013
#251
Well of course she does, we will all support the nominee that has been chosen for us.
Zorra
Oct 2013
#97
And so do I. Elizabeth is smart and pragmatic and knows Hillary will pave the way.
nolabear
Oct 2013
#101
Nevertheless. I do not support Hillary Clinton. I support Elizabeth Warren.
JDPriestly
Oct 2013
#109
She also forced them to build the first "green" store, as "green" went in those days.
MADem
Oct 2013
#229
as SOS, HRC played a leading part in drafting the TPP, according to Business Week
antigop
Nov 2013
#252
How DARE Saint Elizabeth of Arc, the anti Wall Street Warrior, choose not to run for president?
Beacool
Oct 2013
#237
Doesn't sound so secret to me. I'll wait for confirmation from Warren. n/t
SleeplessinSoCal
Oct 2013
#114
I supported Kerry in 2004 because I thought he was the smart choice.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#175
There is a huge difference between people encouraging a credible candidate to run and supporting
Mass
Oct 2013
#123
No, just pointing the obvious. Obviously, these senators did not intend to publish
Mass
Oct 2013
#125
Yeah, a working clock is right all the time, and depending on how the clock is broken
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#146
Nope, a turd in a bowl is still a turd, no matter how you decorate the bowl.
1-Old-Man
Oct 2013
#151
Kind of weird to see disappointment - or really, failure to shout HURRAY!!!!!!
djean111
Oct 2013
#155
Why yes, yes she is.....and the TPP will be declared as Just and Good - merely because
djean111
Oct 2013
#156
Yeah, the agreement that'll end up being the biggest corporate coup since CU
NuclearDem
Oct 2013
#167
bill,hillary,and barack ....the leadership of neo conservative democratic party
madrchsod
Oct 2013
#168
as SOS, she played a leading part in drafting the TPP, according to Business Week
antigop
Nov 2013
#250
Sigh... Koch Brothers must be happy their money is buying the Dem's "choices" again...
cascadiance
Oct 2013
#184
Why was this letter necessary then if we were confident in the system giving us a good choice later?
cascadiance
Oct 2013
#200
Because unlike people whose political actitvity is limited to blog posts...
brooklynite
Oct 2013
#223