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Showing Original Post only (View all)David Axelrod: ELIZABETH WARREN Trying To ‘LEVERAGE’ Clinton [View all]
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said Tuesday that he believes Sen. Elizabeth Warren is keeping a high profile to try to exert maximum leverage on Hillary Clintons positions for the 2016 presidential contest.
I think Elizabeths very sincere about her concerns about whats happening in the American economy and Hillary hasnt said yet what exactly her program will be, what shes running on, Axelrod said Tuesday on MSNBCs Morning Joe. I think Elizabeth knows shes got maximum leverage by still being in the conversation.
When asked if there was a possibility for an opening for Warren to run, Axelrod responded,
I suppose.
My suspicion is that what shes doing is trying to influence how Hillary frames her candidacy and the issues she focuses on, he said.
My suspicion is that what shes doing is trying to influence how Hillary frames her candidacy and the issues she focuses on, he said.
Axelrod added that Clinton runs the risk of facing similar pitfalls in 2008 by being overly cautious to define herself and her platform.
You hear Ready For Hillary Its like, ready for what? Axelrod said, noting that as a candidate in 2008, Clinton was very effective in reaching the American people, but only after the New Hampshire primary when her back was to the wall, she through caution to the wind.
And now Hillarys task is to define what it is that shes running for and running about and what would the future look like under another President Clinton, he said. And I suspect that what shes taking her time working through now, but she has to answer that question.?
And now Hillarys task is to define what it is that shes running for and running about and what would the future look like under another President Clinton, he said. And I suspect that what shes taking her time working through now, but she has to answer that question.?
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/david-axelrod-elizabeth-warren-113600.html
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From what I've seen, Politico probably needs fact-check even more than spell check.
leveymg
Feb 2015
#36
Yeah I never thought Warren really wanted to run but just to put the fear of God in Hillary.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#2
I don't care how Hillary "frames her candidacy". I've no doubt she'll screw us all ...
Scuba
Dec 2014
#3
Exactly. She might pretend to be a populist, but we'd be fools to believe it.
polichick
Dec 2014
#25
IMO, candidate will govern however they want to. Warren is too smart to think Hillary would budge.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#4
She does that, she'd be doing it even if it wasn't election season... IMO, Hillary is not 45.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#11
imho, if we have a highly contested primary, we're looking at a republican win in 2016 anyway.
unblock
Dec 2014
#16
that's a different key. yes, republicans win that one simply because obama isn't running again.
unblock
Dec 2014
#33
and - yes, it is meant to be demeaning and marginalizing, like Warren is just a Hillary campaign
djean111
Dec 2014
#26
Because current affairs always change...taking positions creates the need to change position
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#37