Elizabeth Warren Takes Aim at Moderates and Generates Chants of Warren 2020
'Senator Elizabeth Warren used a speech to a grass-roots conference Saturday to take direct aim at Democrats diminished moderate wing, ridiculing Clinton-era policies and jubilantly proclaiming that liberals had taken control of the party. While not invoking former President Bill Clinton or Hillary Clinton by name, Ms. Warren sent an unambiguous message that she believes the Clinton effort to push Democrats toward the political center should be relegated to history.
The Democratic Party isnt going back to the days of welfare reform and the crime bill, she said, highlighting measures Mr. Clinton signed into law as president that are reviled by much of the left. It is not going to happen.
Yet Ms. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who is widely thought to be considering running for president in 2020, noted to about 1,000 activists here for the yearly Netroots Nation meeting that they hardly needed to worry about the party shifting to the middle as it did in the 1990s. Liberals, she said, have taken charge.
We are not the gate-crashers of todays Democratic Party, Ms. Warren said, invoking a term first used to describe the liberal blogosphere that emerged a decade ago. We are not a wing of todays Democratic Party. We are the heart and soul of todays Democratic Party. . .
If were going to be the people who lead the Democratic Party back from the wilderness and lead our country out of this dark time, then we cant waste energy arguing about whose issue matters more or who in our alliance should be voted off the island, she said, drawing applause.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-democrats-liberals.html?
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)elleng
(131,100 posts)DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)elleng
(131,100 posts)DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)btw - Are you still pushing Martin O'Malley for President?
elleng
(131,100 posts)'You are screwing up,' meaning ME, or meaning Elizabeth Warren? And why?
I am not 'pushing' anyone at this point. There are several potential candidates of interest to me.
Nitram
(22,877 posts)We'd be giving up every advantage we have now that the right is in disarray.
elleng
(131,100 posts)I tried to find out what Durham meant by the post, and explanation wasn't provided. Discussions are needed, imo.
Indepatriot
(1,253 posts)of the Democratic Establishment. Their track record over the last 20 years speaks for itself..........
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)I have a lot of contact with youger people and believe me the world of voters has changed since the nineties. Instead of lamneting the third party voters we need to get their vote.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)and it was fantastic. She seemed much calmer than I've seen her on tv. She didn't seem to be yelling, and the crowd was wonderful. Al Gore was great too.
Bradshaw3
(7,529 posts)No one can question her credentials on economic justice.