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TexasTowelie

(116,746 posts) Sat Apr 18, 2020, 03:55 AM Apr 2020

Warren carves out a big role in a moment of crisis. Will that include a vice presidential nod?

WASHINGTON — Dropping out of the presidential race has not stopped Senator Elizabeth Warren from making the case practically daily that her ideas meet the moment — and her allies are hoping those ideas can shape a race for the White House that might still include her.

She has released a hailstorm of plans and legislation related to the coronavirus pandemic. She and her team have been in touch with presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who spoke warmly about one of their conversations on Thursday. She has also spoken with former president Barack Obama recently, according to a person familiar with the interaction.

Now, Warren’s endorsement of Biden this week has fueled speculation that the Massachusetts Democrat is a serious contender for the party’s vice presidential nomination — an offer she said this week she would accept.

“Any decision is up to vice president Biden,” Warren said in an interview with the Globe. “I am 100 percent committed to trying to help our country manage this crisis and begin to rebuild the economy in a way that works for everyone. I’m going to do that no matter what.”

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/17/nation/warren-carves-out-big-role-moment-crisis-will-that-include-vice-presidential-nod/

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Warren carves out a big role in a moment of crisis. Will that include a vice presidential nod? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP

this is why i love her ..... rampartc Apr 2020 #1

Me, too! She's brilliant, clear-headed, and her heart is in the right place. BComplex Apr 2020 #2

K & R SunSeeker Apr 2020 #3

I would love to see that happen. Warren is as fierce as they come, ramen Apr 2020 #4

I LOVE her still! BlueMTexpat Apr 2020 #5

Yes. Please! tecelote Apr 2020 #6

Warren was my first choice for president, but we need her in the Senate. Lonestarblue Apr 2020 #7

rampartc

(5,835 posts)

1. this is why i love her .....

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:46 AM

Apr 2020

“I am 100 percent committed to trying to help our country manage this crisis and begin to rebuild the economy in a way that works for everyone. I’m going to do that no matter what.” liz warren

BComplex

(9,075 posts)

2. Me, too! She's brilliant, clear-headed, and her heart is in the right place.

Reply to rampartc (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:32 AM

Apr 2020

She knows the economy better than anyone I've ever seen.

SunSeeker

(53,649 posts)

3. K & R

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:47 AM

Apr 2020

ramen

(862 posts)

4. I would love to see that happen. Warren is as fierce as they come,

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:49 AM

Apr 2020

is well qualified for the job, and she is progressive enough to round out the Biden ticket well and fire up the more left-ish Democrats.

Only trouble is that, due to her being so good at her job, it would be a shame to lose her where she already is..

BlueMTexpat

(15,496 posts)

5. I LOVE her still!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:54 AM

Apr 2020

But I want her to stay where she is right now! She can do more in the US Senate.

Losing her there would mean that a GOP Gov would appoint a GOP Senator. We already have WAY too many of those!

While I would love to see a woman Veep candidate, I would like to see other and younger women considered, not simply one of the women primary challengers.

But if one loves Warren and her ideas as I do, Katie Porter springs to mind. https://boingboing.net/2019/10/21/go-katie-go.html

From the link:

In 2018, Katie Porter flipped a Republican safe seat -- it had literally never been held by a Democrat-- in California's 45th District, and since then, she has been a delightful, brilliant terror of a lawmaker, using her deep background in finance law (she's a tenured finance law prof at UC Irvine who literally wrote the textbook on consumer finance law in the wake of Dodd-Frank and Elizabeth Warren's establishment of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau).

Porter's got an amazing background: she went magna cum laude at Harvard Law (Elizabeth Warren was one of her profs), and she's also a single mom of 3 and domestic abuse survivor. She's got an amazing, prosecutorial questioning style that is an absolute breath of fresh air in Congressional hearings, where the median lawmaker is barely capable of asking a coherent question.
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tecelote

(5,141 posts)

6. Yes. Please!

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Sat Apr 18, 2020, 06:07 AM

Apr 2020

Lonestarblue

(11,811 posts)

7. Warren was my first choice for president, but we need her in the Senate.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 06:26 AM

Apr 2020

We have a chance at taking a majority, but if Republicans hold the Senate Mitch McConnell will see that nothing gets passed. He will hold up cabinet appointments and no judges will be approved.

Massachusetts has a Republican governor and he would appoint a Republican to the Senate until an election is held months later. Massachusetts is not guaranteed to elect a Democratic senator—remember Scott Brown. Plus, Massachusetts will vote Democratic for president, so Warren doesn't bring a state along. If we have a safe Senate majority, I would love to see Warren in a key cabinet position.

I think we need a VP candidate from a swing state.

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