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Elizabeth Warren Dominates Scott Brown In First Debate
By: Jason EasleySeptember 20th, 2012
Brown jabbed at Warrens annual income, and kept coming back to the claim that she wants to raise taxes. Scott Browns strategy is simple. He is hoping to peel off conservative Democrats by portraying Warren as an extreme tax and spend liberal. Warren hit Brown for voting to raise student loan rates, and opposing closing a loophole that is used by the wealthy. Browns consistent reply when his voting record was brought is that Warren is lying about his record.
Brown tried several different personal attacks on Warren including her heritage, income, and the Travelers insurance case. Sen. Brown seemed willing to talk about anything except his voting record, unless he was talking about the votes where he sided with Obama. Brown tried to appeal to union voters with the Keystone pipeline lie, which Warren knocked down. Warren scored big by pointing out that if Brown wins, and the Republicans take control of the Senate, global warming denier Jim Inhofe will be in charge of oversight of the EPA.
Warren kept returning to the theme that women and the middle class need a senator that they can depend on all of the time. Elizabeth Warren has probably surprised a lot of people including the Brown campaign by going toe to toe with Sen. Brown. It was hard to believe that this was her first ever debate. She was strong, and most importantly she passed the eyeball and ear test. She looked and sounded like a United States Senator.
Scott Brown wasnt horrible, but in a Blue State where Obama is popular, any conservatism in his record presents a risk. Elizabeth Warren did an excellent job showing voters the difference between a Republican who is trying to buddy up to Obama in order to save his job, and a real progressive Democrat.
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http://www.politicususa.com/elizabeth-warren-dominates-scott-brown-debate.html
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,514 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)especially when she pointed out that he was receiving funds all around the country to run for Senate so the republican party could win the majority.
blm
(113,003 posts)Weld could claim to be to the Mass audience, Kerry cornered him with this: Will you vote for Jesse Helms to be the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee?
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)I would vote for Warren of course, but for those on the fence watching the debate I think she didn't come across well. Brown obviously is the politician here -- he addressed the camera, prepared ready-to-run hit lines, was animated and frankly looked comfortable being on camera (clothes or not). I have great respect for Warren but this was not her forum and it showed.
I sure hope there aren't any more debates and that there's enough time to work this small cramp out because it is critical to the make up of the Senate.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)He can run from his record but she kept pushing it on him. And the way she addressed how he's basically taking America hostage unless billionaires get tax cuts. To me, she came across as the every day person vs. a generic say anything politician.
Grown2Hate
(2,009 posts)she got out some VERY important messages, tying him to some horrible votes (against Equal Pay for Equal Work, FOR the Blunt Amendment, FOR oil subsidies). She also made it very clear what a Republican controlled Senate MEANS for this country (and I can't IMAGINE that this won't play well in MA).
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)Cha
(296,767 posts)of the Debate, kpete!
Brown sounds like he was slimey and untrustworthy.
CatWoman
(79,293 posts)she pretty much gave him a swift, albeit polite, kick in the family jewels.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Glad to see Warren on her game, as expected. I didn't think Brown would flop as badly as it sounds like he did. I'll be looking for video.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)small group of moderates who don't like the fact that Warren is pushing "we built that together" or the fact that she is a symbol of anti-Wall Street corruption and pro regulation.
They are quick to jump on anything she does. Remember the DNC speech? Well-received, won her accolades and helped her enormously in the polls. Within a minute of her speech, they were out with the "I hated it," "she looked weak" memes.
She kicked Brown's ass. Period.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)uponit7771
(90,301 posts)ProgressiveEconomist
(5,818 posts)MissNostalgia
(159 posts)THANK YOU !!!!!
Mrs. Ted Nancy
(462 posts)This is part of an article written for The City Sentinel (a paper in Oklahoma City)
By Darla Shelden
Contributing Writer
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Born in Oklahoma City, Warren attended grade school in Norman and graduated from Northwest Classen High School, in Oklahoma City, where she was named Oklahomas top high-school debater.
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Joe Pryor, Edmond real estate consultant and former debate team member said, Northwest Classen was the No. 1 debate team in the state and Elizabeth was on the number one team with Karl Johnson. We debated some pretty weighty topics like socialized medicine, free trade, and proliferation of nuclear weapons. Elizabeth was certainly easy to like and she was always about the smartest person in the room.
Warren said in an interview at UC Berkeley, I was 16 years old when I graduated from high school and I got a full scholarship in debate that included room, board, tuition, books and a little spending money. It was a fabulous scholarship at George Washington University, if I would debate for them.
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Elizabeth had, and by accounts still has, an extremely quick, sharp and inquisitive mind,a drive for excellence that was never satisfied with less than her very best, and a remarkable work ethic. Those qualities, combined with an uncanny power of persuasion, made her a formidable debater indeed, and I was grateful every day that she was my colleague and not my opponent, said Johnson..."
http://city-sentinel.com/?p=2080
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Cha
(296,767 posts)Frank I saw about the Debate..
"And you couldnt get him to say 'Mitt Romney' with a subpoena!"
mother earth
(6,002 posts)meow2u3
(24,757 posts)Lizzie Warren took an axe
She gave Scott Brown 40 whacks
Then she had him on the run
Gave Brown 'nother 41!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)I sure hope MA voters are more level headed then the chuckle-heads swayed by what that dick head said.
Scott: Attack, stay on message, attack... choke...
Warren: Issues... babe.... Issues....
down goes Scott!
diane in sf
(3,912 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)In their tea-addled brains Brown "wiped the floor with her". Delusions and derangement... something not even this bluest of the blue states is free from.
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)It will be good to see a Democrat in Ted Kennedy's seat again.
spanone
(135,777 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)I think she did well in the first half, but she got brutalized by that asbestos thing. She HAS to come up with a good answer for that or it could cause some problems.