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MADem

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7. Warren will bring along some of the disaffected, certainly--though plenty of them are tossing her
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 04:14 PM
Jun 2016

under the wheels of the bus already. I think Trump is doing more to move voters to Clinton than anyone else, actually. He's a gift that keeps on giving. When Republicans say they'll hold their nose and vote HRC rather than Trump, that's good news for Democrats.

Warren is doing the job that Sanders should have been doing--not sure why he's holding out, but it just makes him look mean spirited. It doesn't really matter anyway--his clout is fading already. His press entourage has disappeared, scattered to the wind. Many have probably been reassigned to follow Warren or other likely VP suspects (and Sanders isn't being vetted for that job per media reports--heck, he hasn't even released his tax returns to the public, never mind to any search committee).

As for Warren, one thing she will do, if she's picked as VP, is make those right wing vicious and inventive scandalmongers in Congress think twice about trying to impeach Clinton--because they'd get their worst nightmare if they did that. It'll just cut that crap right out of the equation!

Clinton understands two steps forward, one back--that IS how effective leaders lead. You have to give a little to get a little, but the important thing is to keep moving the ball towards the goal.

If she picks Warren as her VP, I'll be pleased. I'm a bit tired of changing Senators so frequently of late (we were spoiled for years with Kennedy and Kerry) but it gives a younger MA politician a chance to shine. It'll be a bit more challenging with a GOP governor, but we'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it.

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