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In reply to the discussion: If not Warren, then whom? If not now, then when? [View all]Beacool
(30,244 posts)Point The Second: The piece makes a very compelling case for Senator Professor Warren's staying right where she is. She plainly is developing a powerful sphere of influence among her colleagues without harshing too many delicate mellows there. If she can be a power in the Senate, then she should stay in the Senate, where she can do the most good on the issues she most cares about.
Point The Last: The piece is almost completely about pitting one celebrity female politician against another. It is about dueling personae. Allegedly, it is supposed to be about a rising populist feeling within the Democratic party that might imperil Hillary Clinton's campaign. However, there's very little evidence in the polling to support that proposition, and the fact that Scheiber decides to personify the whole movement in Elizabeth Warren rather gives the game away. (Really, if Warren doesn't run, and I hope she doesn't, then who does this rising power in the Democratic party get behind? Take your time. I'll wait. Tick tock.) All the piece really proves is that the elite press is dying to have another Clinton to chew on. Everybody, including the two women in question and surely the country, deserves better than that.