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Warren turned out to be a better politician than Martha Coakley who Scott Brown beat the first time he ran, but I don't think she really appeals to a broad audience. When professors play at being populists a lot can go wrong with their messaging.

When Warren ran for senator, she had a lot of hard-luck stories about her childhood that weren't 100% true. And Meemaw telling her she was an Indian, etc. She's probably getting better at campaigning and could do Clinton some damage, but she's not ready for the big time yet.

[LostInBayport]

she's not ready for the big time yet.

I agree. She didn't do one interview with tough questions, and literally ran away from reporters when the Crockajawea story was hot rather than talk about it. If she sat down for an interview with someone who asked her specific questions that she couldn't answer in pablum, she'd quickly reveal herself to be an intellectual lightweight.

There are some topics she'd have to deal with. She was flipping foreclosed homes with her brother in Ohio, and was practicing law from her Harvard school office even though the bar had no record of her registration as a lawyer in Massachusetts. She surrendered her New Jersey license mid-campaign for undisclosed reasons (did she tick the "I'm an Indian" box?). And then there was the cookbook she contributed recipes to: Pow-Wow Chow. Won't the PC Police get all incensed over that?

And she didn't win the senate election with a landslide; it was 54/46. In Massachusetts.

[sergeantdave]

“but she’s not ready for the big time yet.”

If the fake Indian can make frybread, create a halfway decent porcupine needle box and promise to give every left wing hippy their “real” Indian name, I think she has a chance.

[wiggen]

She will draw Hitlery into some positions that she won’t be able to defend in the general. Shes an awful speaker and gets on peoples nerves. I suspect Hitlery will win the nomination and get buried in the general because quite frankly people have had enough with experimentation.