TRUMKA Wants Elizabeth Warren to Be President: "In short," he wrote, "it don't get no better."

[MADem]

55. I can't help you if you insist on confusing a comparison with the point. nt

People believed that Obama was something other than what he was, because he was a fresh face. When he didn't change, but their perceptions became clearer, they "blamed" him for not being what they imagined him to be.

They do the same thing with Senator Warren--they don't know her, so they overlay their attitudes on her. They're shocked to learn, for example, that she voted for Ronald Reagan and she was a registered Republican for most of her life. They think she's pro-legalization, when she's not. They have no understanding of her attitude toward the Department of Defense. They only know about "The Banksters" -- and often in a general sort of way, too--and they make a leap about her attitudes that isn't consonant with reality, because they like her feisty attitude on that particular issue.

That's a recipe for disappointment.

That's the point.

It's not about "good guys," it's about individual perceptions.