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longship

(40,416 posts)
17. I'd be very sad about that.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 03:20 PM
Jun 2016

Especially if she was replaced by a GOP senator, like the one she unseated.

And statewide elections in MA don't always go our way. Consider the current governor and Elizabeth Warren's senatorial predecessor -- Ted Kennedy's fucking successor!

That is why is am taking a firm stand against any sitting US Senator, especially Elizabeth Warren (whose star is rising on the floor of the senate), from going for VEEP. We fucking need her and all of them there! We are in rather big poo-poo in 2018. We need every senate seat we can hold/gain. It is a numbers thing. It is no good to flip the senate every two years. One has to have a plan to fucking hold it. One does not accomplish that by raiding the best senators out of that body to become VEEP, or a cabinet member, or any other executive branch position.

We are under pressure here and we are not doing so well, if you haven't noticed. We have to start thinking strategically, long term, not tactically, short term.

That is our big mistake, one the GOP has learned very well. Sadly, we still haven't.

QED

The VP is a figurehead with little power. She is much more effective in the senate. Svafa Jun 2016 #1
We will have the Senate with Elizabeth Warren as VP katmondoo Jun 2016 #2
she has almost zero power in the Senate. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #3
She is a junior senator with a great deal of clout and she knows it. Svafa Jun 2016 #9
When she was not 1 out of 100... yallerdawg Jun 2016 #5
Clinton/Warren 2016 JaneyVee Jun 2016 #4
I'm with Her and Her. nt jcgoldie Jun 2016 #7
If Sanders was supposed to inspire 'millions', then why wouldn't Warren do even better? randome Jun 2016 #6
Sanders did "inspire millions" he got more then 6 million actual primary votes from real (inspired) Sunlei Jun 2016 #13
Elizabeth Warren isn't just settling for mundane jobs! yallerdawg Jun 2016 #8
all Republican Twitter King had was his twitter warz and now Mrs. Warren is the King of Twitter. Sunlei Jun 2016 #14
She told him to! yallerdawg Jun 2016 #15
Nope! She showed why she should stay on the Senate floor. longship Jun 2016 #10
Nothing you mentioned results in anything substantive. It's more window dressing than the VP! randome Jun 2016 #11
I'd be very sad about that. longship Jun 2016 #17
What? Did she go to a funeral, ask about Obama's health, or break a tie? TheKentuckian Jun 2016 #12
What was this from a VP? yallerdawg Jun 2016 #16
Famous citizen talking on TV because the media thought it would create drama TheKentuckian Jun 2016 #18
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