If Warren ran for president she probably would have won the primary

[Renew Deal]

And that's with Bernie in the field.

[Zynx]

1. Heads up versus Hillary I think I would have voted for Warren.

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I was unimpressed with Bernie's temperament. I've been proven right on that.

[liberal from boston]

14. Senator Sanders

If Elizabeth Warren ran Bernie would not have run --both are working to end Citizens United, increase minimum wage, take on the banks, Wall Street, etc. I believe Bernie would have been thrilled @Warren Presidential Campaign & happily support her. Bernie ran because Hillary is for the status quo. Remember Elizabeth released a statement cheering Bernie on & urging him to stay in the race.

[Zynx]

16. I think that Bernie has a troubling temperament and delusional tendencies.

I think that Warren is a much stronger choice.

[avaistheone1]

17. Pfft! Man you are just recklessly flapping your jaw.

Otherwise please do educate us.

[athena]

2. No way.

She would have been deemed "too ambitious".

Women are loved as long as they accept their place as second-class citizens.

[Renew Deal]

7. You know who just won the Democratic primary right?

[bigwillq]

3. Warren and Bernie would have split votes

I still think Hillary would have won.

[strategery blunder]

8. I believe part of the reason why Bernie ran was because Warren wouldn't.

Either would have carried forward the progressive economic proposals that were the hallmark of Bernie's campaign.

Before Bernie announced, there was a significant Draft Warren movement, but she made clear she wasn't interested.

Bernie gave voice to those of us who would have had no voice if Hillary had not had to face a contested primary (an opportunity for Hillary that I believe the DNC, in no way believing a self-described socialist could get so far, tried its hardest to provide). If Warren had run and Bernie saw the economic issues of our time being addressed by Warren in the primary, I do not believe he would have run.

[Scootaloo]

11. Agreed

He seemed only to step up because she made it clear she wasn't going to.

And gotta say, if they were both in the race, I would have favored Warren. She suits my ideals, and would have clearly had a better chance at it than Sanders (wh also fits my ideals, but was always a long shot)



The fact that Bernie did as well as he did is still a shot in the arm for me, and hopefully for the rest of the left. No matter how much these Woodchucks want to "purge" us.

[Trust Buster]

4. If "if's" and "but's" were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.

[Sparkly]

15. Never heard that one before!

I like it!

[SheilaT]

5. If she had run, Bernie would not have entered the race.

And she'd have beaten Hillary early on.

[k8conant]

9. I was looking for Warren to run...

and went for Sanders when she didn't run. No, he wouldn't have run.

Also, the Hillary people wouldn't have been able to pull all their sexist crap. I believe Warren would have beaten Clinton handily.

[yurbud]

18. Bernie said as much pretty early on

[SheilaT]

20. Yep. It's sad how people here don't seem to recall that.

[andym]

6. Only if Bernie did not run

They would have split the progressive vote. Otherwise she would have had a fighter's chance.

[Fumesucker]

10. No, she would have gotten the same kind of treatment Sanders did

No one but Hillary was going to win this primary.

[texstad79]

12. Nobody not named Obama could have beaten Hillary this year! n/t

[GoneFishin]

13. Bernie only ran because Warren did not. nt

[Recursion]

19. I think she would have underperformed Sanders

She's a rich northeastern white woman who gets hundreds of thousands of dollars for teaching a class at Harvard while complaining about college tuition. She's a white woman who called herself native American to increase her professional opportunities (if you think that would be glossed over in West Garbut I strongly disagree). Her national favorables are in the red even without her launching a Presidential campaign. She gets plaudits from places like DU because she wants to "break up the banks" (whatever that means; FWIW she's said she loves Clinton's Wall Street plan) but as hard as it is to accept, that one issue doesn't particularly move the needle nationally.

Basically, she'd have been a Bernie Sanders who didn't appeal as much to working class white men.