I’m still in a state of mourning over the loss of the Elizabeth Warren candidacy. She was my choice for the Democratic nomination, and I shall dearly miss her campaign.
Senator Elizabeth Warren entered the 2020 race with expansive plans to use the federal government to remake American society, pressing to strip power and wealth from a moneyed class that she saw as fundamentally corrupting the country’s economic and political order.
She exited on Thursday after her avalanche of progressive policy proposals, which briefly elevated her to front-runner status last fall, failed to attract a broader political coalition in a Democratic Party increasingly, if not singularly, focused on defeating President Trump.
Her departure means that a Democratic field that began as the most diverse in American history — and included six women — is now essentially down to two white men: former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Senator Bernie Sanders.
Ms. Warren said that from the start, she had been told there were only two true lanes in the 2020 contest: a liberal one dominated by Mr. Sanders, 78, and a moderate one led by Mr. Biden, 77.
“I thought that wasn’t right,” Ms. Warren said in front of her house in Cambridge as she suspended her campaign, “But evidently I was wrong.”…
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Rachel Maddow interviewed Liz in depth last night. Here are five excerpts from that interview.
In The Selfie Line: Americans Needing A Government On Their Side
Liz was the most compassionate candidate in the race.
Warren: Just A Little Longer Before We Have A Woman In The White House
When I was a 1960s new-left protestor, I used to say that I would live so see a woman President, and a black President. I may not have more than three years left. May God grant that I live to be more than just half right.
Elizabeth Warren Takes Credit For Tanking Bloomberg On Purpose
Thank you for that, Liz!
Trump Coronavirus Incompetence ‘Like Its Own Natural Disaster’: Warren
Sorry, but calling it coronavirus is an error. COVID-19 is Trump Virus. It is merely speeding up the way Republicans will tank the economy.
Warren: Time To Think More Creatively About ‘Organized Nastiness’ Online
I experienced plenty of organized online nastiness from Bernie Bros in 2016, because I changed my support from Bernie to Hillary, after Bernie asked his supporters to support Hillary, as she had clinched the nomination. The Bernie Bros were waging a write in campaign that had no chance to succeed. This problem is not new and it is clearly getting worse. As a Bernie supporter, I beg him to disavow these bullies, who are acting like Republicans, and remove them from his staff.
We all owe Liz Warren a debt of gratitude. I grieve that US voters are too stupid to see that she was the best choice we had.