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In reply to the discussion: I'd prefer to see Elizabeth Warren as our next president. But if Hillary Clinton [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Show me the newspaper article that says Barack Obama has told Tom Harkin he's not going to speak at his little hayfield party.
You can't--because he never did these things. Warren did, though.
Elizabeth Warren is not a stupid woman. She's very bright. She's said NO. And she's said it ways that aren't "coy" or open to interpretation.
There comes a point when people need to accept that NO means NO. The "Tom Harkin" clue is a big one. The letter -- a definitive, declarative statement--is another. The private "hell to the no" comments by her aides should give one a hint. And then there's the public statements she has made.
None of that kind of stuff came out of Obama's Senate office--EVER. He was always "in the mix" and Joe Biden was one of the people stirring the pot, even as he nursed his own ambitions. None of that kind of thing is happening, here.