Warren, Clinton, Sanders, etc. Who would you vote for?

[tabbycat31]

139. Bottom line is they're not populists

And they think people like her and Bill DeBlasio (who they can't stand) are way too far to the left. They're Democrats but centrist Democrats.

I personally like Warren, and the 2008 me would have voted for her in the primaries (maybe as late as 2010). But I don't see her winning electorally AT ALL (I'm thinking a Kerry performance AT BEST, but more realistically an ass kicking). In 2008, Obama expanded the electoral map by putting states like Virginia and North Carolina in play. I just don't see her expanding the map at all.

I work for Democratic campaigns, I'm around Democrats 24/7. Most of the people I work with think she will carry only the bluest of the blue states (CA, NY, etc) if she were the nominee. I'd rather have a candidate that has a shot at winning and not setting us back 50 years by giving the GOP some Supreme Court vacancies. I don't want a Walter Mondale for party purity's sake. Call me a sellout if you must, but I've mostly worked in purple to red states and I know what kind of Democrats can win these conservative states and districts. She has no appeal to southern independent voters.

And also if Fox and their minions have branded Obama as a socialist, imagine what they'll do to her.

Besides all this is a moot point because she has said repeatedly that she's not running.