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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie would become a national hero today [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)35. Actually, Warren has done more to change the conversation, in a much shorter time.
Warren's real power lies in her outsized influence, not just for a freshman senator, but for virtually any elected official in Washington. Her pen may not have touched many pieces of legislation that made their way to Obama's desk since her election in 2012, but her fingerprints are all over them.
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Warren's restraint may have lost her the battle, but has earned her a tremendous amount of respect from her colleagues. Warren allies say that, coupled with her fundraising for candidates across the Democratic party spectrum, is what has helped to keep her relevant within the conferencethough thousands of avid supporters willing to put their votes and their dollars behind her ideology, and against those who oppose her, don't hurt either.
That's helped Warren to continue to hold outsized sway over the conversation among Democratic policymakers in Washington, particularly for a freshman. "Democrats in Congress were talking about cutting Social Security in 2012, and Warren got 42 of 44 Democrats to vote yes on expanding Social Security benefits instead," Adam Green, cofounder of the Progressive Campaign Change Committee said in a statement.
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Warren's restraint may have lost her the battle, but has earned her a tremendous amount of respect from her colleagues. Warren allies say that, coupled with her fundraising for candidates across the Democratic party spectrum, is what has helped to keep her relevant within the conferencethough thousands of avid supporters willing to put their votes and their dollars behind her ideology, and against those who oppose her, don't hurt either.
That's helped Warren to continue to hold outsized sway over the conversation among Democratic policymakers in Washington, particularly for a freshman. "Democrats in Congress were talking about cutting Social Security in 2012, and Warren got 42 of 44 Democrats to vote yes on expanding Social Security benefits instead," Adam Green, cofounder of the Progressive Campaign Change Committee said in a statement.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/is-elizabeth-warren-an-effective-senator/449349/
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The CFPB accomplished more that all the talking Sanders has done in 30+ years as a career politician on Capitol Hill. She lapped him even before she got elected to the Senate.
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Over half the states haven't voted yet. Why on earth would he drop out? n/t
Peregrine Took
Mar 2020
#18
If there was a demand for your "good policy changes", people would have voted for them...
brooklynite
Mar 2020
#40
There is plenty of deep seated hostility to Sanders and a premature exit won't change it.
Aaron Pereira
Mar 2020
#45
Really? The single-payer healthcare concept has been floating around
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#26
Actually, Warren has done more to change the conversation, in a much shorter time.
ehrnst
Mar 2020
#35
I would not be so scornful of Sanders, anyway. Not a hero. Just a person with integrity.
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#15
He COULD do that, and go back to the Senate as an elder statesman. Or he can be
Squinch
Mar 2020
#27