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In reply to the discussion: Has Has Senator Warren said anything about the Discrimination law passed in Indiana? [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)If someone says they wont vote for the nominee, they're an ass, but filliing in the blank any further than that is pointless 15 months out.
In the meantime, she is going to be criticized as would anyone else running in the primaries, because we as a party have differences of opinion on a variety of issues, as well as what is important- the folks objecting to what they perceieve as excessive corporate centrism, 'third way", or what have you... Those differences arent going to go away and to expect that they wont play out in the primaries is facile. Actually, hashing that shit out, from where I sit, is a GOOD thing- which brings me back to my point about a vigorous primary season.
And no, before you mention it, LGBT rights and equality should NOT be an issue on which there is "difference of opinion", nor should it be an area of considered "lesser" importance. I fully admit that I dont completely understand making someone who so obviously until recently played some political pandering games with her position on the matter before belatedly coming around to supporting marriage equality, the supposed standard-bearer for those rights--
But beyond that I dont think it is terribly fair- or even particulalry politically astute- to try to paint the "liz warren wing" as somehow insufficiently committed to LGBT rights.
But likewise, trying to paint people who object to things like Hillary's IWR vote as closet Republicans or just disgruntled Hillary-haters acting from "contempt"- again, it's not doing her team any favors, here.