Scott Galindez: It Is Elizabeth Warren's Party

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/27517-it-is-elizabeth-warrens-party

No politician has done more to raise her national profile than Senator Elizabeth Warren. No Democrat was more sought after to be seen with by other Democratic candidates. She raised a lot of money for other Democrats, something politicians do when building a national organization to run for president. She released a book introducing herself to the country.

I seem to remember a book called “The Audacity of Hope” coming out in 2006 while a first term senator from Illinois was campaigning for other candidates and even making trips to Iowa. He also said he wasn’t running for president. Obama’s Hope PAC raised money for over 100 candidates in 2006, while he “was not” running for president.

Elizabeth Warren has followed the Obama script to a tee. “A Fighting Chance,” her autobiography, was released this year. She campaigned for other Democrats across the country, including in Iowa and New Hampshire. Her PAC “For a Level Playing Field” donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to other Democrats.

To be fair, her contributions did appear to be targeted to keeping control of the Senate for Democrats. But the comparison to the 2014 Senator Warren and the 2006 Senator Obama is striking. Almost as if it’s a sequel.

In September of 2006, the polling for the Democratic nomination looked like this: Hillary Clinton 35%, Al Gore 16%, John Edwards 10%, John Kerry 9%, Joe Biden 5%, Tom Daschle 2%, Mark Warner 2%, Evan Bayh 1%, Wesley Clark 1%, Christopher Dodd 1%, Russ Feingold 1%, Bill Richardson 1%, Tom Vilsack 1%. President Obama wasn’t even polling at 1%.

After Obama made a few stops in Iowa, one to campaign for Bruce Braley (Senator Warren stumped for him too) in November, the polls changed drastically. Hillary Clinton 29%, Barack Obama 22%, Al Gore 13%, John Edwards 10%, John Kerry 4%.

[Autumn]

1. Yes, it is her party.

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