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BeyondGeography

(39,991 posts)
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 09:26 AM Dec 2019

Elizabeth Warren earns endorsements from over 200 Obama alumni



(CNN)Hundreds of veterans of Barack Obama's campaigns and administration have signed on to endorse Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president, as multiple Democratic presidential candidates compete to claim the popular former president's political coalition and legacy.

With the Iowa caucuses less than two months away, more than 200 Obama alumni joined a signature-gathering effort led by a pair of former senior Obama aides, Sara El-Amine and Jon Carson. Among other roles, El-Amine was national director of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, while Carson was a national field director for Obama's 2008 campaign prior to joining the administration. Both served as executive directors of Organizing for America, the Obama grassroots organizing network.

The list of endorsers shared with CNN includes Robert Ford, ex-US ambassador to Syria, Natalie Foster, previously the digital director for Organizing for America, and Sean Carroll, a former senior official at USAID. It also features Obama alumni who are currently working on the Warren campaign full-time including in senior-most positions, like Warren chief strategist Joe Rospars, senior adviser Emily Parcell, national political director Rebecca Pearcey and national director of public engagement Alencia Johnson.

In an interview with CNN, El-Amine and Carson touted the "incredible diversity" of the group that has come out in support of Warren. The 200-plus names were collected in under a week, and they planned to continue growing the list, they said.

"We are a group that really uniquely knows that electability is self-determining and that oftentimes it's the people with the boldest vision and the most unlikely candidacies early on who can really shift the field," El-Amine said. "Sen. Warren really has the zest and the grit and the gumption and the audacity that we loved that President Obama really embodied."
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Elizabeth Warren earns endorsements from over 200 Obama alumni (Original Post) BeyondGeography Dec 2019 OP
That's impressive OldRed2450 Dec 2019 #1
Good for her! Congrats! (Anyone we know?) NurseJackie Dec 2019 #2
I recognized Robert Ford's name, but none of the others. highplainsdem Dec 2019 #5
LFG Elizabeth! at140 Dec 2019 #3
Begs the question babylonsister Dec 2019 #4
Vigor, eom. crazytown Dec 2019 #6
I don't see it...she is plus seventy too...and Biden is very active. I would support her in a Demsrule86 Dec 2019 #7
A lot of people serve in an administration. Anyone know how many have come out for Biden? n/t thesquanderer Dec 2019 #8
There are many people that feel it's time for a female president. We hear this all the time.... Skya Rhen Dec 2019 #9
So why not Harris earlier or Klobuchar now? BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #12
Maybe it has more to do with what they do see in Biden? loyalsister Dec 2019 #10
Which itself begs the question... LanternWaste Dec 2019 #11
Exactly.. just a dig at VP Joe Biden.. Thanks, LW! Cha Dec 2019 #13
Appreciated blm Dec 2019 #14
Most senior Obama staffers are supporting Biden Gothmog Dec 2019 #15
The big guy sounds unconvinced BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #17
Inside Warren's War With the Obama Team Gothmog Dec 2019 #18
And yet, 200+ endorsements BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #19
Kudos to Elizabeth Warren! TomCADem Dec 2019 #16
 

OldRed2450

(710 posts)
1. That's impressive
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 09:30 AM
Dec 2019

Good for Warren.

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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
2. Good for her! Congrats! (Anyone we know?)
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 09:31 AM
Dec 2019

Any names that I might recognize?

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highplainsdem

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5. I recognized Robert Ford's name, but none of the others.
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 10:55 AM
Dec 2019
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at140

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3. LFG Elizabeth!
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 09:45 AM
Dec 2019

Using words from Rapinoe.

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babylonsister

(171,571 posts)
4. Begs the question
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 10:29 AM
Dec 2019

what Obama vets see in her that they don't see in Biden.

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Demsrule86

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7. I don't see it...she is plus seventy too...and Biden is very active. I would support her in a
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 11:27 AM
Dec 2019

general but not a primary.

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thesquanderer

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8. A lot of people serve in an administration. Anyone know how many have come out for Biden? n/t
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 11:33 AM
Dec 2019
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Skya Rhen

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9. There are many people that feel it's time for a female president. We hear this all the time....
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:12 PM
Dec 2019
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BeyondGeography

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12. So why not Harris earlier or Klobuchar now?
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 04:37 PM
Dec 2019
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loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
10. Maybe it has more to do with what they do see in Biden?
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 01:06 PM
Dec 2019

I was amused by the thread about Bernie the feminist. I see Biden and Bernie as both oozing toxic masculinity and white fragility. Quite the opposite of Obama and this endorsement makes a lot sense to me for that reason, though I don't know their specific reasons.

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LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
11. Which itself begs the question...
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 02:03 PM
Dec 2019

What are the numbers of Obama vet endorsements for each candidate?

For without that sum to compare to and contrast against, the answer to your own question is without relevant context.

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Cha

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13. Exactly.. just a dig at VP Joe Biden.. Thanks, LW!
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 05:31 PM
Dec 2019
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Gothmog

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15. Most senior Obama staffers are supporting Biden
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 12:19 AM
Dec 2019
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BeyondGeography

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17. The big guy sounds unconvinced
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 08:41 AM
Dec 2019
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Gothmog

(154,050 posts)
18. Inside Warren's War With the Obama Team
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 10:23 AM
Dec 2019



But interviews with more than 50 top officials in the Obama White House and Treasury Department, members of Warren’s inner circle at the time and Warren herself, reveal a far more combative relationship between her and the administration than she discusses on the campaign trail. Tensions between Warren and Obama were palpable to White House aides, even as she reserved her real fury for Geithner and White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, whom she regarded as predisposed toward big banks over families struggling to save their homes.

For Warren, the years of the financial crisis are now the touchstone of her political career, validating the conviction at the heart of her presidential candidacy: The system is rigged....

Other Obama administration officials call her a “professional critic,” “sanctimonious,” and a “condescending narcissist.” One former Treasury aide puts it this way: “We’re with Barack. We’re the liberals. Why are you pissing in our face?”

One of the administration officials adds: “She loved herself, and some of her staff had a God view of her, and that’s not aligned with government and bureaucrats which, require teamwork.”

People who worked closely with Warren at that time but are not on her presidential campaign are equally scathing about Obama and his team.
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BeyondGeography

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19. And yet, 200+ endorsements
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 10:26 AM
Dec 2019

Guess not everyone agrees with their ex-bosses.

Love that article, btw.

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TomCADem

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16. Kudos to Elizabeth Warren!
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 01:32 AM
Dec 2019

She is one of the Democratic candidates that I would be happy to see win the nomination. Also, open to Pete B and Biden. However, folks who make their career attacking Democrats or pushing Trump talking points attacking Democrats are not going to do it for me.

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