Elizabeth Warren Is Conspicuously Missing From DNC Speaker List

[charlyvi]

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/07/elizabeth-warren-conspicuously-missing-dnc

Well, this is interesting. You may recall that last week Senator Elizabeth Warren's name was leaked as keynote speaker for Monday night at the Democratic National Convention. Today, the campaign released a preliminary speaker list, and Warren's name is conspicuously missing from it.

Monday:

First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders and DREAMer Astrid Silva
Gavel time expected at 3:00 p.m.

It appears Senator Bernie Sanders has taken the keynote slot the leak suggested would be Warren's.

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Now, to be fair, Senators Tim Kaine and Sherrod Brown are not on the list either. But it still seems weird to me that Warren's name would have been specifically leaked as a keynote speaker last week, and isn't there this week.




You think she could possibly be on Hill's shortlist still? She's not scheduled on any of the other nights either.

[napi21]

1. On Rchel's show the other night she said Elizabeth had a speaking slot.

She even made particular note of it saying "I guess that means she's not the VP pick." Maybe things have changes since then???

[charlyvi]

3. Don't know.

But it seems VERY odd that she would be scheduled (I saw that Maddow show too) and then be taken of the list. And if she was just to be rescheduled, why release a speakers list that was not finalized?

[John Poet]

49. The VP pick has a speaking slot...

[mblock]

2. Twitter feed!

Andrea Mitchell and Co. Are reporting she had a private hour long meeting today with HRC. It's on Twitter with some of the MSNBC reporters but I can't find any link.

[charlyvi]

5. Dare we hope?

[sheshe2]

53. Here

Potential Hillary Clinton running mates Elizabeth Warren, John Hickenlooper and Julian Castro meet with presumptive Democratic nominee

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-meets-potential-vp-picks-article-1.2713420

[riversedge]

11. Dan Merica of CNN is also tweeting about the meetup......

Edgeoforever
✨? ?@edgeoforever 1m1 minute ago

Edgeoforever

✨? Retweeted Dan Merica

yesterday's convention list had Warren the first night. Today's - nowhere. Which got me thinking, before this

Dan Merica Verified account
?@danmericaCNN

Hillary Clinton met with Elizabeth Warren today at Clinton's Whitehaven home during a day of meetings about HRC's VP choice.

[nolabear]

13. PLEASE. Puhleeeeeeeeeeeeeze...there must be candle to light, a chicken to sacrifice...

[Maru Kitteh]

50. PUT THAT CHICKEN DOWN, RIGHT NOW!

She has a family!

Couldn't we just cross our fingers, do a dance, rub some crystals, throw salt over our shoulders?

[TeamPooka]

55. Don't tell Maru about the rabbit's feet. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

56. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[nolabear]

57. Papa Legba likes rum and money. That might work.

[Maru Kitteh]

58. Who the hell doesn't like rum and money! I'm on board!

[nolabear]

59. Here's a list in case we need reinforcements.

http://www.vodouroots.com/lwa.html

Sometimes a New Orleans upbringing comes in very handy.

[musicblind]

62. Anyone have pound cake? n/t

[sheshe2]

51. So did Castro and one other.

I don't remember their name.

[riversedge]

4. Hillary Clinton met with Elizabeth Warren today at Clinton's Whitehaven home during a day of meeting

umm.. not getting my hopes up. actually would love Castro as VP


Edgeoforever
✨? ?@edgeoforever 1m1 minute ago

Edgeoforever

✨? Retweeted Dan Merica

yesterday's convention list had Warren the first night. Today's - nowhere. Which got me thinking, before this

Dan Merica Verified account
?@danmericaCNN

Hillary Clinton met with Elizabeth Warren today at Clinton's Whitehaven home during a day of meetings about HRC's VP choice.

[writes3000]

8. Please, oh please, oh please, oh please!

[riversedge]

9. :-)

[charlyvi]

10. I know, right?

It just seems very strange that a Democratic Progressive like Warren, especially after the work she's done with Trump, would be taken off the speakers list unless there was a very, very important reason for it. If she isn't speaking at all, I for one would be pissed. Many other progressives would be as well since it was announced she would be speaking.

[Hortensis]

14. Pure speculation, but another possibility is that some deal

was reached with Sanders that included a prime speaker's spot and Warren graciously stepped aside to help close the deal.

Warren as VP choice is my favorite theory though.

[charlyvi]

15. Possibly

But the original list leaked last week had both of them on it, on different nights.

[Hortensis]

19. Hmmm...

One other thing--Hillary was supposedly waiting to make her final pick until she knew who the pair they'd be facing off with were. Now she does... Does that suggest anything to you?

The NY Times has some articles about who Pence is. He really is the typical hard-core social conservative nightmare, and apparently not very smart. That last doesn't surprise me. Religious extremism usually seems to be inconsonant with sharp, wide-ranging minds, as if faith typically replaces cognitive effort. The pubs have pushed forward literally dozens who illustrate that. And, of course, when all answers are found in the Bible a contempt for conflicting secular "knowledge" is readily understandable.

[charlyvi]

22. And we all know how feisty Warren is

Could be that Hillary thinks the Trumpence ticket is so bad she is now willing to risk an all women ticket with Warren in the second slot. The banks and the right wing despise Warren. She will tear Pence a new one, though, in a VP debate.

[Hortensis]

28. Honestly doubt it's a new desperation. Trump

was always 100% unacceptable, and I've thought a number of times about what a burden being the one above all who has to keep him from the White House must be for her.

Absolutely agree with the last. He wouldn't stand a chance against Warren.

I also like the contrast of Tom Perez's brand of civil rights activist virtue against Pence's white Christian zealotry, though I don't like anyone on the stump nearly as much as her.

[charlyvi]

39. I like Perez too.

But my heart is with Warren. I've heard Perez has a very good relationship with Hillary as well, she trusts him. I must say, though, that her relationship with Elizabeth seems to have blossomed a bit with this election. But, how could you not like Warren!

[Hortensis]

46. Couldn't! :) My guess, aside from electoral strategy,

is that there could be potential clashes on issues that might come up. But my heart is with Warren too. Even more, I guess, my heart is with what a choice of her would say about Hillary's plans for economic reform. I want all we can possibly achieve, and I love that Wall Street is viewing them with alarm. Let it be for good reason!

[hamsterjill]

32. Is Castro even still being considered?

Everything I've read the last few days has made no mention of him at all.

[AgadorSparticus]

6. Quit toying with my emotions. I cried a 1,000 silent tears this past week

Resigning to the fact that it won't be Warren. You're giving me hope now. I hope you are happy. lol

[charlyvi]

7. Teehee....

[sheshe2]

52. Well

Potential Hillary Clinton running mates Elizabeth Warren, John Hickenlooper and Julian Castro meet with presumptive Democratic nominee

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-meets-potential-vp-picks-article-1.2713420

Sorry. I like her where she is.

[JaneyVee]

12. Her name IS on the list, it says VP.

[riversedge]

20. oh I see it now.

[KingFlorez]

16. If she is picked for VP, I think I will fall over from excitement

[Expecting Rain]

17. I'm feeling like...

this is going to be a dream come true!

Clinton-Warren 2016!!!

[charlyvi]

18. Yes, it would be a dream come true!

Welcome to DU, Expecting Rain! Glad to have you.

[Expecting Rain]

24. Thanks for the welcome.

I'm trying not to get too hopeful/excited, but it ain't working

[auntpurl]

34. I've noticed you elsewhere.

Think you are a better fit for DU. Welcome!

[6chars]

21. even aside from her views, Warren is a strong VP candidate

No one eviscerates Trump like she does.

[charlyvi]

23. And from what I'm reading about Pence

He will be MUCH easier to eviscerate! He rattles easily; Warren does not.

[6chars]

26. Imagine a Warren-Pence debate

omg.

[charlyvi]

31. You know it!

The only worry I'd have is she could make him look too pitiful!

[auntpurl]

37. Watching him get taken apart by a woman

after everything he's done personally to remove a woman's right to choose what happens to her own body...it's just wonderful. Wonderful.

[charlyvi]

40. Sometimes the universe actually does bend toward justice, right? eom

[Cha]

61. That sounds like perfect karma for him!

[tallahasseedem]

43. I would literally count the days...

to the debate and have a house party to revel in the fact that she would tear him to shreds!

[NastyRiffraff]

47. I'd PAY to see that!

The debates are going to be very interesting. Hillary will drag Trump's entrails out of him and fling them onto the stage. Warren and Pence? Ye GODS!

[Expecting Rain]

27. I saw the clip of Pence on with George Stephanopoulos...

and how rattled Pence was when pressed on his beliefs on evolution. And that was nothing.

Elizabeth would eviscerate him.

[Doctor Jack]

25. All Clinton has to do with win over some wayward democrats

and she will win in a landslide. Most of her falling poll numbers in the past week were due to bernie people pulling back following the FBI announcement. She just has to pull them back in. Warren would do that and there would be little downside

[charlyvi]

29. Agreed. Pence should repel many

And Warren will make it easier for Hillary to reel them in.

[DonCoquixote]

30. Of course

There are those who want to make sure the VP is just another white male named Tom or Tim so that they can feel nice and safe from those who would want real progress in the country.

[charlyvi]

33. There will always be those folks,

but Pence is not just "another white male". He's a true believer; therefore, a RW fanatic.

[DonCoquixote]

36. not referring to pence

there are those who do nto want warren to be considered for VP, and they have swarmed around Tim Kaine and Tom Vilsack, two BORING and RIGHT WING members of the party.

[charlyvi]

41. Oh, ok.

Sorry I misunderstood. I guess those old farts (and I'm an old fart) will just have to get with the 21st Century! I am so tired of the political world revolving around a bunch of white men. They haven't done a very good job with it.......with some notable exceptions.

[SaschaHM]

35. To be fair...

All potential VPs aren't listed.

[charlyvi]

38. True

But they weren't listed before. Warren was. But, you're right, perhaps we are just wishfully thinking!

[MFM008]

42. She needs to be on the VERY short list

just her.

[Gothmog]

44. She was on an earlier list sent to Texas delegates

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512251953

[charlyvi]

45. That list was sent before the list we are speaking of.

Another list was released by the DNC today.

[Warren DeMontague]

48. Clinton-Warren

Has a very nice ring to it.

[Maru Kitteh]

54. Ha ha. Nice!

Warren.

[Warren DeMontague]

60. And here's my running mate for 2024