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Elizabeth Warren

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1. It's a good idea, but would it not be better to run candidates for Congress this way? I think we

Reply to RiverLover (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 11:52 AM

Jan 2015

can be sure that even if Warren were to run, she isn't going to be allowed to win?

This is what the Green Party does, they expend energy running for the WH rather than running candidates for Congress.

I'm just thinking of how desperately we need to change Congress and spending time and money, AGAIN, on the Billion Dollar WH race just distracts from the Congressional races where the people actually have the power to change things.

I love Elizabeth Warren, just wondering if spending time and money on the WH is going to do much to change anything when clearly the candidates have already been chosen.

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It's a good idea, but would it not be better to run candidates for Congress this way? I think we sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #1