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CNN Analysis: Why didn't Elizabeth Warren do better?
CNN ^ | March 5, 2020 | by Chris Cillizza

Posted on 03/05/2020 11:09:33 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the 2020 presidential race Thursday, ending a once front-running bid that never achieved its sky-high potential once voting actually began.

Answering the "what happened" question is never a simple thing. Voters make up their minds for lots of different reasons -- some of which they are willing to articulate and some they simply won't. But generally speaking, there seem to be three reasons why Warren didn't get to where she wanted to go.

1) She peaked too soon: If the Iowa caucuses were October 3, Warren could have won going away. National polling around that time captures Warren's summer and early fall surge.

2) She tried to be more than just a liberal: Voters in the two lanes of the Democratic Party have now coalesced around Biden in the center and Sanders on the left.

3) Sexism: This is an indisputable fact: We have had 44 presidents and not one of them has been a woman. Coincidence? Probably not. How much did the fact that Warren is a woman and ran on an unapologetically feminist platform for president affect the outcome? It's almost impossible to know, but it's equally impossible to think it had no role in how voters perceived her.

Asked about the role her gender played in the race on Thursday, Warren responded this way:

"That is the trap question for every woman. If you say yeah, there was sexism in this race, everyone says, 'Whiner.' And if you say no, there was no sexism, about a bazillion women think, 'What planet do you live on?'"

She added that she would "have a lot more to say on that subject later on."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2020; fakeindian; psychojawea; warren
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A pair of black pants was all she ever wore. One wonders if they were the same pair? At least Hillary mixed up the colors.


61 posted on 03/05/2020 11:33:46 AM PST by CodeJockey (Dum Spiro, Pugno)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Her own state rejected her. As a general rule, if you can’t carry your home state, you can’t carry the country.


62 posted on 03/05/2020 11:34:36 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1. She’s a liar.

Done.


63 posted on 03/05/2020 11:34:41 AM PST by Arones (When Leftists are in a minority, then they look for other ways to win.)
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To: Spruce; mewzilla

Mewzilla nailed it yesterday ...

Stella Mudd isn’t a good look


64 posted on 03/05/2020 11:34:54 AM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: All

BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE SEXIST! THIS PROVES IT!!


65 posted on 03/05/2020 11:36:17 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: txrefugee
"Reminded most men of bad teacher they once had."

Or their ex-wife.

66 posted on 03/05/2020 11:36:47 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just because the Democrat media ignored her serious character flaws doesn’t mean the Democrat voters have to.


67 posted on 03/05/2020 11:37:15 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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To: circlecity

Or mother-in-law.


68 posted on 03/05/2020 11:37:43 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“That is the trap question for every woman. If you say yeah, there was sexism in this race, everyone says, ‘Whiner.’ And if you say no, there was no sexism, about a bazillion women think, ‘What planet do you live on?’”

Don’t women vote?


69 posted on 03/05/2020 11:37:49 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Rurudyne

Since Lizzie claims to be part Indian, she could be Lo-Mein-on-the-totem-pole.

Anyway, what Lizzie is, is a common scold and termagant. An unlikeable combination.


70 posted on 03/05/2020 11:37:55 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She we tell CNN why Fauxcahontas did so poorly? For me it’s as obvious as the nose on my face.


71 posted on 03/05/2020 11:38:20 AM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Both Warren and Bernie were a threat 2016.

It may have simply been Gods Grace that gave us Hillary instead.

God can use evil people too.


72 posted on 03/05/2020 11:39:30 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Liz; HarleyLady27; V K Lee
She was a baldfaced liar.

* * *

Yes, she was a baldfaced and pale-faced liar :- )

So sad to see her go. She brought us a lot of laughs!


73 posted on 03/05/2020 11:39:57 AM PST by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She plays by the rules and Bernie is a con artist. Well-behaved women rarely make it into the history books.


74 posted on 03/05/2020 11:40:02 AM PST by BlackAdderess
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To: vigilante2

A harridan.


75 posted on 03/05/2020 11:40:27 AM PST by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Six words: “I have a plan for that.”


76 posted on 03/05/2020 11:40:36 AM PST by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“ How much did the fact that Warren is a woman and ran on an unapologetically feminist platform for president affect the outcome?”

I’d say the “unapologetically feminist” part was a big factor, but that had nothing to do with sexism. Feminism is not a good platform. When you are also a frumpy scold and an habitual liar it makes it worse. There was nothing remotely presidential, or even likable about Pocahontas. There are women that people on the right would happily vote for, just not Pocahontas or Shrillary, or any other progressive/socialist feminist harridan.


77 posted on 03/05/2020 11:41:40 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe because she repeatedly lied?


78 posted on 03/05/2020 11:41:42 AM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: sarge83
I have a female supervisor like that. I swear I've never wanted to wring anyone's neck more that this woman.
79 posted on 03/05/2020 11:43:31 AM PST by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: CodeJockey

The black pants should have been leather with some fem-dom chains for effect.

Could turned her entire campaign around.


80 posted on 03/05/2020 11:44:25 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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