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BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren supports Hillary for President [View all]	brooklynite	Oct 2013	OP
and 1000 DU heads explode	Pretzel_Warrior	Oct 2013	#1
My same thoughts..........	Beacool	Oct 2013	#14
Here's my take on how that is playing out	BainsBane	Oct 2013	#111
Funny!!!	Beacool	Oct 2013	#234
hardly I doubt there's so much as one, pretzy.	cali	Oct 2013	#36
:) not disappointed. just smiling.	Pretzel_Warrior	Oct 2013	#39
I've got no problem making up my own mind on these things.	NuclearDem	Oct 2013	#50
At least a dozen of them will show up on this thread and a few...	Walk away	Oct 2013	#74
I will vote for Clinton if she's nominated	MynameisBlarney	Oct 2013	#99
Me, too.	Fawke Em	Oct 2013	#206
I like that the women are all in on it. That tickles me.	Voice for Peace	Oct 2013	#207
lol	lostincalifornia	Oct 2013	#104
She is a Senator, not an Oracle. I feel zero obligation to follow suite.	TheKentuckian	Oct 2013	#158
Same here. It doesn't matter to me one whit who Elizabeth Warren supports.	LuvNewcastle	Oct 2013	#193
Pick again....	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#197
Well, I don't so I'll keep on keeping on	TheKentuckian	Oct 2013	#221
Not an unexpected position for her to take...	gcomeau	Oct 2013	#2
What was she going to do? Be the lone holdout?	Scuba	Oct 2013	#18
Fortunately, you won't have to...	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#24
Fortunately for whom?	Octafish	Oct 2013	#31
+ ∞	cascadiance	Oct 2013	#183
+10000 nt	antigop	Nov 2013	#249
Umm... yes?	gcomeau	Oct 2013	#32
Same here, Scuba. n/t	Laelth	Oct 2013	#37
She will be too old in seven or eleven years. She won't be President.	MADem	Oct 2013	#202
She will be too old in 20 or 24. She's 64 now.	MADem	Oct 2013	#208
I find new reasons not to give a damn about politics nearly every day	Fumesucker	Oct 2013	#3
Hate to hear you say that.	Laelth	Oct 2013	#41
That will be a horrendous campaign	Fumesucker	Oct 2013	#64
Yeah, the position flattened me also. With the crazy republican threats around,	bluestate10	Oct 2013	#68
Some people vote for those who represent their positions...	Demo_Chris	Oct 2013	#119
This is an unproductive way of looking at it	treestar	Oct 2013	#169
Of course. As I said, there are arguments for both positions...	Demo_Chris	Oct 2013	#173
Over a cliff is over a cliff	quakerboy	Oct 2013	#189
The House is held by Republicans	treestar	Oct 2013	#199
Will they?	quakerboy	Oct 2013	#242
Did Captain America give up? No!	randome	Oct 2013	#52
~snort~	Fumesucker	Oct 2013	#69
In the MOMA	reddread	Oct 2013	#165
+1 So basically you're saying that she would be rejected on Jerry Springer's "Bagage" show.	L0oniX	Oct 2013	#121
I don't.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Oct 2013	#4
add me	Puzzledtraveller	Oct 2013	#15
And neither do I.	NuclearDem	Oct 2013	#27
Ditto n/t	leftstreet	Oct 2013	#34
It isn't as if Warren has a choice in the matter.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#5
Huh?	leftynyc	Oct 2013	#7
Come on, how would it have looked if they came to her	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#9
Easy	leftynyc	Oct 2013	#10
I've been saying that since, well, since I was 18. n/t	eggplant	Oct 2013	#112
Same here	leftynyc	Oct 2013	#116
lol, me too!	eggplant	Oct 2013	#147
My father was a bit of a shitkicker	leftynyc	Oct 2013	#191
Of course, it wasn't a hard decision to make since SHE WASN'T RUNNING to begin with	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#13
I KNOW THAT.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#16
it would have looked like she was backing a different candidate?	gcomeau	Oct 2013	#17
I think people would have torn her to bits	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#25
She didn't say she was "backing" Hillary, per se.	Laelth	Oct 2013	#42
EW isn't going to run.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#44
Your crystal ball is likely to be far more clear than mine is on this issue.	Laelth	Oct 2013	#49
I don't have any chrystal ball.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#58
Cool. n/t	Laelth	Oct 2013	#67
yes. bits and pieces.	Whisp	Oct 2013	#180
When has Warren ever come across as someone	pnwmom	Oct 2013	#148
This isn't about "comment," though. This is a letter, a private letter, signed by	MADem	Oct 2013	#209
Well, ABC News had it, so it's not	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#211
She is too old. And no one knows her past.	MADem	Oct 2013	#213
I'm too young to remember the swift boating of JFK.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#216
How old are you--12? It wasn't that long ago.	MADem	Oct 2013	#217
Kerry I remember.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#220
Some time ago, I put up an article here where EW said she wasn't going to run.	MADem	Oct 2013	#224
Without this, one doesn't raise a billion dollars, and other "incidentals". A true, electable	libdem4life	Nov 2013	#253
So much for her being so tough	Renew Deal	Oct 2013	#21
Before today, did you ever express your belief that Warren would support Hillary this early?	Jamiletto	Oct 2013	#55
No, I hadn't even thought about it before now.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#81
If Warren is so weak willed that she can't even be truthful in a secrect...	Walk away	Oct 2013	#57
Weak willed?	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#60
How can you at once call Warren an independent thinker then turn around and say that	bluestate10	Oct 2013	#71
I kind of think she didn't have a choice.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#86
Keep her job? She was just elected to a nice long Senate term.	MADem	Oct 2013	#225
Of course she has/had a choice in the matter.	winter is coming	Oct 2013	#82
Well, then the headline would have been-	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#90
That would have actually been newsworthy.	winter is coming	Oct 2013	#92
Yeah, that would have been newsworthy.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#96
Yes, she had a choice in the matter and she chose to support Hillary.	Beacool	Oct 2013	#139
She wants to be Fed Chair someday, perhaps--and HRC could make that happen. nt	MADem	Oct 2013	#210
Warren wouldn't give in to pressure.	joshcryer	Oct 2013	#188
No more corporatists and warmongers. nt	woo me with science	Oct 2013	#6
They just want a star QB is all, they could care less	Puzzledtraveller	Oct 2013	#19
Yep - there should be a major party in opposition to that.	polichick	Oct 2013	#100
Corporate shill!!!!	Cali_Democrat	Oct 2013	#8
I will support whoever the nominee is, and I kick and rec anyone who will support ANYONE	LaydeeBug	Oct 2013	#11
Kick & recommended.	William769	Oct 2013	#12
Let me back up a little	Renew Deal	Oct 2013	#20
Encouraging someone to run is not the same as supporting her for President.	randome	Oct 2013	#22
Warren has said more than once that she's not interested in running for president.	Beacool	Oct 2013	#23
Don't get why everyone always wants to take our best leaders	NYC Liberal	Oct 2013	#40
That's my feeling too.	Beacool	Oct 2013	#46
True dat.	Jamaal510	Oct 2013	#132
Actually, it makes sense.	Beacool	Oct 2013	#141
Especially ones with her specific skillset.	MADem	Oct 2013	#226
Ted Kennedy is another example	NYC Liberal	Oct 2013	#230
And he made sure he'd never be President because he ran at a time when he was	MADem	Oct 2013	#231
Yep. I think in the end things ended up working out for the best.	NYC Liberal	Oct 2013	#239
+1 ... and what a superb summary of the situation, too!!!! nt	MADem	Oct 2013	#240
Very well said! Of course, me thinks he was drugged the whole	juajen	Nov 2013	#254
Yep. And Congress, not the WH, is where the real power lies.	BlueCaliDem	Oct 2013	#133
That wasn't the Turd Way line when we had to move to "center" to win the White House but enjoyed	TheKentuckian	Oct 2013	#159
that's disappointing....	mike_c	Oct 2013	#26
Thanks for letting us know. I'd never have guessed.	MineralMan	Oct 2013	#35
yeah, it's pretty obvious....	mike_c	Oct 2013	#43
Another one under the bus.	MineralMan	Oct 2013	#28
Now you've done it.	stevenleser	Oct 2013	#29
Disappointing	whatchamacallit	Oct 2013	#30
Sounds rather under-handed and conniving to me...	kentuck	Oct 2013	#33
"The actual letter has still not emerged publicly. But its existence adds momentum	winter is coming	Oct 2013	#65
I think it's a neon sign reading, "Hillary: The PTB's Choice!"	FiveGoodMen	Oct 2013	#222
Those "high profile" supporters	fredamae	Oct 2013	#38
Well, if "We" want a change, then "We" had better get started...	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#54
Hey, we could try these two. They're ideologically pure, and they've got experience......	Tarheel_Dem	Oct 2013	#66
Lol n/t	fredamae	Oct 2013	#72
You are correct-but first	fredamae	Oct 2013	#70
It's easy...	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#94
Folks like me don't have	fredamae	Oct 2013	#113
I actually empathize with you even though I don't agree. You're in for a disappointment.	stevenleser	Oct 2013	#56
It does "suck".	fredamae	Oct 2013	#87
She outpolls top Republican prospects in their own states. I think she wins 42 states in the gen.	stevenleser	Oct 2013	#103
Who is this "we", because it sure as heck is not the majority of the country?	Beacool	Oct 2013	#143
And as long as we don't see a resurgence of neo-liberalism,	Baitball Blogger	Oct 2013	#45
She is who she is. There is virtually no reason to expect anything but.	TheKentuckian	Oct 2013	#150
If she thinks we can go through another round of spreading the wealth to the cronies,	Baitball Blogger	Oct 2013	#160
That we are	TheKentuckian	Oct 2013	#219
I support Hillary and hope she wins.	hrmjustin	Oct 2013	#47
...	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2013	#48
That's a disappointment. n/t	Chan790	Oct 2013	#51
Elizabeth has Class, I wonder if Hillary would support Elizabeth?	bahrbearian	Oct 2013	#53
It would depend on whether Hillary is running or whether other candidates are better	Jamiletto	Oct 2013	#59
That is not even something to be wondered about. Hillary has a ton of grace and class where that	stevenleser	Oct 2013	#61
Clinton showed plenty of grace when She stepped aside for President Obama in the nomination	hrmjustin	Oct 2013	#63
She showed how classy she was then.	bahrbearian	Oct 2013	#75
I don't think Warren would run against her but if she did and warren won then I would expect the	hrmjustin	Oct 2013	#79
I am sure Hillary would support any Democratic woman that chose to run. Clinton	bluestate10	Oct 2013	#76
In case you missed it, after the primaries were over Hillary fully supported Obama.	Beacool	Oct 2013	#138
I'll bet HRC will support EW when it comes time for her to run for reelection, or if EW wants to	MADem	Oct 2013	#212
Until the hats are actually and formally tossed into the ring. . .	DinahMoeHum	Oct 2013	#62
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#73
what?	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#80
Bwah! Welcome to DU! n/t	winter is coming	Oct 2013	#83
Welcome to DU.	Autumn	Oct 2013	#85
Hello ~ dyana	In_The_Wind	Oct 2013	#95
?? Is there some minimum length of time someone has to be a member	winter is coming	Oct 2013	#98
wow at this rate she'll have the nomination locked up by the end of the year.	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#77
She pretty much has been nominated	davidpdx	Oct 2013	#157
It still doesn't mean I'll support Hillary just because Warren does.	Vashta Nerada	Oct 2013	#78
CLINTON / WARREN 2016!!! President and First Woman!!!	Mike Nelson	Oct 2013	#84
First Woman?? Clinton and Warren are going to marry??!? n/t	winter is coming	Oct 2013	#89
Now THAT would blow some RW minds!!!	Beacool	Oct 2013	#144
I was thinking of First Woman President, but...	Mike Nelson	Oct 2013	#179
Warren would do better as Treasury Secretary or Fed Chair. nt	MADem	Oct 2013	#218
+1	SunSeeker	Nov 2013	#258
She has a free voice and has the right to support whom she wants. nt	arthritisR_US	Oct 2013	#88
Barack Obama was inaugurated for his second term less than ten months ago.	DFW	Oct 2013	#91
Of course we care. But lets face it. President Obama is not going to be able to solve all of	totodeinhere	Nov 2013	#247
no, the "inevitability" meme has to be spread on DU, as well as the "no one else is electable" meme.	antigop	Nov 2013	#251
I remember that line from 2008.	DFW	Nov 2013	#255
tell that to those spreading the meme(s). nt	antigop	Nov 2013	#256
Thanks but no thanks	DFW	Nov 2013	#257
Personally i would prefer	tiredtoo	Oct 2013	#93
Perhaps you don't understand how this Politics thing works...	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#106
Your understanding seems to work only in one direction.	ieoeja	Oct 2013	#129
...and how are you indicating the amount of opposition?	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#161
...and how are you indicating the amount of support?	ieoeja	Oct 2013	#203
Clever, but.....	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#235
Well of course she does, we will all support the nominee that has been chosen for us.	Zorra	Oct 2013	#97
And so do I. Elizabeth is smart and pragmatic and knows Hillary will pave the way.	nolabear	Oct 2013	#101
Wait. What?	LordGlenconner	Oct 2013	#102
Sounds great! Maybe Ms. Warren will think about the VP position!	Rex	Oct 2013	#105
Or maybe she'll remain in the position where she can do more good.	longship	Oct 2013	#136
that's nice...	stillcool	Oct 2013	#107
So?	bowens43	Oct 2013	#108
Nevertheless. I do not support Hillary Clinton. I support Elizabeth Warren.	JDPriestly	Oct 2013	#109
I support Salvador Allende	BainsBane	Oct 2013	#118
While she was on the Board of Walmart her main focus was	DURHAM D	Oct 2013	#149
She also forced them to build the first "green" store, as "green" went in those days.	MADem	Oct 2013	#229
This............	Beacool	Oct 2013	#236
as SOS, HRC played a leading part in drafting the TPP, according to Business Week	antigop	Nov 2013	#252
On this day the heavens opened up, Satan ascended to the earth	BainsBane	Oct 2013	#110
LMAO. n/t	Cali_Democrat	Oct 2013	#115
.....	Lil Missy	Oct 2013	#177
How DARE Saint Elizabeth of Arc, the anti Wall Street Warrior, choose not to run for president?	Beacool	Oct 2013	#237
Doesn't sound so secret to me. I'll wait for confirmation from Warren. n/t	SleeplessinSoCal	Oct 2013	#114
I am not ruling out supporting Hillary for a run but....	Swede Atlanta	Oct 2013	#117
A Warren endorsement is very powerful. Very powerful, indeed.	Warren DeMontague	Oct 2013	#120
I agree	MissDeeds	Oct 2013	#134
My post was intended to have dual meanings.	Warren DeMontague	Oct 2013	#145
and no love for my joke	BainsBane	Oct 2013	#162
I didn't see it.	Warren DeMontague	Oct 2013	#163
My objection was the same	BainsBane	Oct 2013	#174
I supported Kerry in 2004 because I thought he was the smart choice.	Warren DeMontague	Oct 2013	#175
Not much support if the letter is secret.	Mass	Oct 2013	#122
There is a huge difference between people encouraging a credible candidate to run and supporting	Mass	Oct 2013	#123
Clinton hasn't announced she's running	BainsBane	Oct 2013	#124
No, just pointing the obvious. Obviously, these senators did not intend to publish	Mass	Oct 2013	#125
The idea that anyone is inevitable is bogus	BainsBane	Oct 2013	#126
There is far more hate here for the President than for Hillary.	Whisp	Oct 2013	#182
While acceptable I'm still bummed	4dsc	Oct 2013	#127
ABC Youtube Video	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2013	#128
Well if a broken clock is correct twice per day, a working one is wrong	closeupready	Oct 2013	#130
She ran as a Democrat under the banner of the Democratic Party	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2013	#131
Yeah, a working clock is right all the time, and depending on how the clock is broken	Warren DeMontague	Oct 2013	#146
And? That doesn't make Clinton any less a crap candidate.	AtomicKitten	Oct 2013	#135
Nope, a turd in a bowl is still a turd, no matter how you decorate the bowl.	1-Old-Man	Oct 2013	#151
That settles it, then!	freshwest	Oct 2013	#137
Well, of course she does.	Blue_In_AK	Oct 2013	#140
No comment at this time...	fadedrose	Oct 2013	#142
Any shock or hurt feelings could be avoided if some here	ecstatic	Oct 2013	#152
Kind of weird to see disappointment - or really, failure to shout HURRAY!!!!!!	djean111	Oct 2013	#155
fyi	ecstatic	Oct 2013	#176
Anyone who has paid any attention to these boards	BainsBane	Oct 2013	#185
Totally agree with that last sentence	treestar	Oct 2013	#170
If Senator Warren had any interest in running for President	DURHAM D	Oct 2013	#153
Is this the same Hillary who is negotiating the terms of the TPP?	AnotherMcIntosh	Oct 2013	#154
Why yes, yes she is.....and the TPP will be declared as Just and Good - merely because	djean111	Oct 2013	#156
"is" ?	DURHAM D	Oct 2013	#164
Yeah, the agreement that'll end up being the biggest corporate coup since CU	NuclearDem	Oct 2013	#167
bill,hillary,and barack ....the leadership of neo conservative democratic party	madrchsod	Oct 2013	#168
Nope, this Hillary is a private citizen.	Beacool	Oct 2013	#238
as opposed to a certain former sos	DonCoquixote	Nov 2013	#248
as SOS, she played a leading part in drafting the TPP, according to Business Week	antigop	Nov 2013	#250
going to save a lot of money in the primaries.	madrchsod	Oct 2013	#166
that is a silver lining. Lots of dark money going into Repug coffers	riversedge	Oct 2013	#227
Awesome	BootinUp	Oct 2013	#171
"BREAKING"... LOL.	WorseBeforeBetter	Oct 2013	#172
No surprise in the real world n/t	Lil Missy	Oct 2013	#178
And what did the letter say?	MannyGoldstein	Oct 2013	#181
It's secret, but unanimous among women Senators.	joshcryer	Oct 2013	#187
Sigh... Koch Brothers must be happy their money is buying the Dem's "choices" again...	cascadiance	Oct 2013	#184
and 2000 DU heads explode...	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Oct 2013	#186
Who the hell is "taking away your choice"?	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#198
Why was this letter necessary then if we were confident in the system giving us a good choice later?	cascadiance	Oct 2013	#200
Because unlike people whose political actitvity is limited to blog posts...	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#223
No it isn't--it's a way of telling HRC that these women will make their PAC money available to her.	MADem	Oct 2013	#232
This letter could be interpreted in different ways...	cascadiance	Nov 2013	#245
Well served!	MADem	Oct 2013	#215
And Warren takes the dive	DonCoquixote	Oct 2013	#190
Hold up, we don't know the letter exclusively singled out Hillary.	joshcryer	Oct 2013	#195
a secret letter	DonCoquixote	Oct 2013	#192
Boxer wrote the letter.	joshcryer	Oct 2013	#194
Amy Klobuchar	brooklynite	Oct 2013	#196
No, that's not what the letter said--it said "Please run, Hillary."	MADem	Oct 2013	#205
Why is anyone surprised? EW and HRC have MUCH in common, and EW has said she	MADem	Oct 2013	#201
Veep slot for EW?	Jester Messiah	Oct 2013	#204
No. Fed Chair and then retirement. EW is 64, she's in the last	MADem	Oct 2013	#214
well, OF COURSE she asked her to run!	Divine Discontent	Oct 2013	#228
You're joking, I trust.	MADem	Oct 2013	#233
Hillary is not good in the debates either.	bvar22	Nov 2013	#259
Gee, she was so "not good" that our POTUS said, more than once,	MADem	Nov 2013	#261
Elizabeth Warren supports Hillary for Pres, and so do I	c588415	Oct 2013	#241
YAY! I would love more H-1B expansion to have my job given away to.	cascadiance	Nov 2013	#246
I think it's worth saying...	upi402	Oct 2013	#243
Damn those democrats for showing support for democrats!	Fearless	Nov 2013	#244
Kick	Scurrilous	Nov 2013	#260

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