Posted on 07/10/2018 3:19:09 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Can Elizabeth Warren win back blue-collar Democrats from President Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania?
Its a question many Democrats are pondering as Warren one of the leading contenders for her partys presidential nomination, if she chooses to run in 2020 goes back and forth with the president over immigration and other issues.
Warren (D-Mass.) has shown an ability to rally and excite progressives, shes a proven fundraiser and she has policy bona fides from her work in the Senate. Yet there are creeping doubts among some Democrats that shes the best candidate to take on Trump.
Some worry the former Harvard professor will have a tough time winning back the Rust Belt centrists and independents who abandoned Hillary Clinton and Democrats for Trump.
I just cant see a blue-collar, Rust Belt guy voting for her, said one Democratic strategist who has worked on presidential campaigns. I think the party needs to be realistic about that.
Some Democrats almost certainly remain shellshocked from the last election after Trumps surprise win. He became the first Republican to win the states of Pennsylvania and Michigan in a presidential election since 1988 and the first Republican to win Wisconsin since President Reagan in 1984.
If Democrats dont retake those states in 2020, their chances of winning the Electoral College will fall.
Teeth-gnashing over who is best-positioned to take on Trump, as a result, is already taking place ahead of the midterm elections.
Warrens gender and her political identity as a voice on the left are both likely to be issues for primary voters sizing up Democratic candidates in potential head-to-head matchups with Trump. Would she be stronger than former Vice President Joe Biden? What about Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)? Does the party need the face of a new political generation, such as Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.), Cory Booker (N.J.) or Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)?
Warren has her advocates, who say the senators anti-corporate economic message will resonate with the types of voters who left the party for Trump.
Jesse Ferguson, who served as a spokesman for Clintons 2016 presidential campaign, said Warren has a powerful economic message that resonates everywhere.
Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said Warren is the perfect candidate to oppose Trump because she has the ability to go straight at him on his economic policies.
She also argued that Trumps repeated attacks on Warren suggest the White House sees her as a threat.
I think this man understands his brand very well and understands his populist appeal very, very well, and he realizes how threatening to him she is on his brand, Lake said.
Warrens office declined to comment for this story.
Some Black men may have felt personal sympathy for Thomas but so far as I recall, they kept it to themselves. I don't remember any groundswell of African-American opinion in his favor.
Politics inside the African-American community can be tricky and shades of skin color and who one is married to play a role. It's often been said that Barack Obama would not have become president if he were married to a White woman (or if he were unmarried), and that's probably true.
By all means, run against a booming economy, record low unemployment and tax cuts. Please!
Ya, but with Independents and Republicans, she's a joke.
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Oh I hope they pick Pocahontas! The jokes will keep coming and coming. It’ll be a regular pow wow!
Warren wants to go to the White Tipi...? Squaw SpeakingBull? ROTFLMAO....And for vice President that Bartender that beat Crowley...
Her Indian name is Princess Chief Crazy Whores.
Can you imagine going into Iowa and trying to sell people on Warren? Zero chance of winning the caucus. Out of the first four states in the primary system, I just can’t see her winning any of them. Maybe out of fifty states, she might be able to carry five states at best.
NO! Not another fork-tongued female! Slithery Rotten Criminal was enough!
“Warren is Hillary without the charisma...”
Lol! I actually would prefer Hillary to that fraud. But I would prefer neither.
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