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In reply to the discussion: Why Elizabeth Warren Should Stay Where She Is [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Good luck trying to get her elected. She is popular among the establishment Democrats and has lots of money. But she does not have the answers to the questions Americans are asking about the economy, jobs, immigration, security, the banks, the economy, the economy, the economy again. I believe it was Bill Clinton who used the motto, "It's the economy, stupid." The economy was great during the Clinton years, but he signed the bill that repealed Glass-Steagall as well as the NAFTA agreement, two major bills/agreements that led to the shakedown of the American middle class.
And it is that shakedown that is on the minds of ordinary Americans. Millions of Americans foreclosed. Many of them went into bankruptcy and not only lost their homes but their jobs, their businesses and many of them, their family relationships.
The hurt of that will be what Americans vote on in 2016. The Republicans will offer lots of empty promises. And what will we offer if Clinton is the candidate? Answers from the past. That's not smart and not good.