2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)It wasn't a cakewalk. In fact, it was brutal, nasty, vicious and mean.
I guess people think that the strength of Warren's ideas will overcome some of that "dirty politics" that Scott Brown pulled?
HRC has been through the mill and she's come out the other side--anything they try to throw at her, she can say "Already asked and answered." The media doesn't recycle--they do love fresh meat, though. And the crap that Brown threw at Warren hasn't been seen at the national level. It would be distracting, and derailing, and cause problems. Also, she had a little trouble at the first debate, and Brown was a lousy debater. I think that a very skilled debater could give her trouble.
But all that--and her inexperience on the national stage as well as blanks in her resume-- aside, EW has stayed away from NH, she turned down an invite to Harkin's Steak Fry (that's mandatory for candidates), and she has said NO (in fact, once she said No-no-no-no-no x 2) more than half a dozen times. I think she's a very smart person, and I don't think that "No means Yes" is a smart strategy, so I'm gonna go with "No means No" when it comes to EW's prospects for 2016~!