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In reply to the discussion: I expect tomorrow night's debate to focus on how Sanders will pay for his promises [View all]blm
(114,516 posts)94. No campaign effort to smear Warren?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/06/politics/joe-biden-elizabeth-warren-elitist/index.html
(CNN)Joe Biden said Elizabeth Warren has an "elitist attitude" in a radio interview. He wrote on Medium that the Massachusetts senator is "condescending." He told donors her 2020 Democratic campaign is based on a "my-way-or-the-highway attitude."
And he told reporters on Wednesday that Warren was the one who started it.
The former vice president has sharply escalated his attacks on Warren in recent days, shifting from dismissing Warren's policy ideas as unrealistic to a more personal attack on the former Harvard professor. Three months from the Iowa caucuses, Biden's new approach reflects a new phase in the 2020 primary, with Democratic candidates sharpening their criticism of their foes and drawing more distinctions.
The campaign is reframing its critiques of Warren, a source close to Biden's campaign told CNN. It is no longer that "she is a liar," the source said.
"It's 'Warren is a smarty britches who thinks if you don't agree with her, you're an idiot,'" the source said in describing Biden's new approach.
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(CNN)Joe Biden said Elizabeth Warren has an "elitist attitude" in a radio interview. He wrote on Medium that the Massachusetts senator is "condescending." He told donors her 2020 Democratic campaign is based on a "my-way-or-the-highway attitude."
And he told reporters on Wednesday that Warren was the one who started it.
The former vice president has sharply escalated his attacks on Warren in recent days, shifting from dismissing Warren's policy ideas as unrealistic to a more personal attack on the former Harvard professor. Three months from the Iowa caucuses, Biden's new approach reflects a new phase in the 2020 primary, with Democratic candidates sharpening their criticism of their foes and drawing more distinctions.
The campaign is reframing its critiques of Warren, a source close to Biden's campaign told CNN. It is no longer that "she is a liar," the source said.
"It's 'Warren is a smarty britches who thinks if you don't agree with her, you're an idiot,'" the source said in describing Biden's new approach.
.......
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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I expect tomorrow night's debate to focus on how Sanders will pay for his promises [View all]
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
OP
Pete won by 1/10 of 1% on delegates. It's effectively a tie, and Sanders is more of a threat
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#2
Yes he is wonderful and I love his put downs. But black folks ain't feeling him and I don't see him
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#13
I don't want to hear about the 5 black people in Iowa ...we need to see what happens in a
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#25
Except you didn't get the point at all. So your lagging behind a bit. nt
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#33
Thanks for at least 'getting it' but I didn't say anything wrong. Point made...in your opinion
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#32
Excuse me ...I'll vote for anyone who I think can win. I'm not married to Biden....I'll switch in a
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#35
Denmark is not a socialist country, no matter how many times Sanders claims otherwise.
OneMoreCupOfCoffee
Feb 2020
#17
Why has he embraced the Democratic Socialist dictators Maduro and Morales?
OneMoreCupOfCoffee
Feb 2020
#42
Calling Social Security "socialism" is a right-wing talking point. It just ain't so.
OneMoreCupOfCoffee
Feb 2020
#64
No, I'm really not. People really don't care about the dictionary definition of "socialism".
DanTex
Feb 2020
#76
He doesn't say he is Social Democrat. He calls himself a Democratic Socialist
redstateblues
Feb 2020
#90
I don't expect him to. But I do think it would help Warren at this point to distinguish herself
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#52
I want to hear him discuss the kind of person for VP. I want to know if it will be a Democrat.
krissey
Feb 2020
#10
Biden supporters are doing it tonight, pitting women against women with Warren campaign
krissey
Feb 2020
#20
But they sure are using it to go after Warren. Not a single one has put up Warren statement.
krissey
Feb 2020
#46
Glad they still support her. I think Warren will take any responsibility for their leaving because
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#34
Of course Warren takes responsibility. Now that she has heard, already has a statement out.
krissey
Feb 2020
#49
I don't understand how Elizabeth Warren can be blamed for that Nevada thing. It's ridiculous. nt
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#38
Because the Biden people I see egging this fight on have spent the last couple months
krissey
Feb 2020
#53
And where is all this egging on going on? In real life or online? This is the first I'm hearing of
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#56
Well, at least you left accusations of "evil" and "hatred" out of this post.
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#24
He did no such thing. He questioned the wisdom of her support of the MFA...
OneMoreCupOfCoffee
Feb 2020
#75
What nonsense. I said I expect both the moderators and rival candidates to go after Sanders.
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#47
I'm not the one misinterpreting things here, blm. But why don't you post an OP to vent some of
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#60
Sigh. So I guess the media questioning Warren earlier were part of the Biden and Buttigieg camps.
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#67
That pact she made with him is a double-edged sword. He hasn't held up his part. Yes, now she
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#43
Thanks! And yes, that non-aggression pact helped only Sanders. His surrogates never paid attention
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#55
This is true because I didn't even know about quite a few things in his background that I
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#54
What's alternative? We all know the repubs will spend the money on war and more anyway, like...
JoeOtterbein
Feb 2020
#37
Are you laughing at my guess as to what will be the focus of the debate, or laughing at the thought
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#63
Thanks! And I can see why you call Sanders' ideas voodoo economics. I call it magical mystery
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#69