One BIG reason I am still in Elizabeth's column...

[CTyankee]

I feel personally responsible for my own feminism. I feel so strongly that we MUST have a woman president (hopefully before I die), I am going to keep her spirit alive for as long as she wants to stay in the game. Get people used to having a woman have a strong voice in this long and winding road to the Convention and then to the election.

My feelings toward Joe are warm and supportive, nonetheless. Jill Biden is everything we could hope for as his First Lady (and remembrances of Michelle and Jill are still in my head). Joe is strong, decent, kind and smart. I think he will be a fine President.

And what a relief from Trump's daily assaults on our national dignity.

[Ninga]

1. Her supporters are strong and resolute. She

constantly comments on the major issues each day, offering advice, plans or legislation.

She is always thinking and she is by nature very Presidential.

[CTyankee]

4. Trying to hang in there until our Deliverance!

[IronLionZion]

2. I'm with her as long as she's in the fight

I'll also respect her endorsement/decision if she chooses to drop out later and fight in a different way from within the Senate. The misogynist attacks on her from a certain candidate's supporters are absolutely deplorable, and I'm not talking about Donald Trump.

[Canoe52]

41. +1

[volstork]

3. Agree with

every word you have posted.

[kwenu]

5. Elizabeth Warren is a remarkable leader.

We are lucky to have her continued voice and leadership in this country and at this time.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. She has her hands full

right now in her home state.

She is a great senator, but that isn't a good sign.

[CTyankee]

14. I am not worried about MA. It will remain true blue, I am sure.

[TheCowsCameHome]

23. She shouldn't be virtually tied with Sanders

in her home state.

That troubles me.

[CTyankee]

28. My son in law is a Dem media consultant about this phenomenom.

My own personal hope is that MA Dems get real and fall in line behind their Senator. please, god...

[druidity33]

50. Do you know Massachusetts?

Do you know we have a Republican Governor and a fairly conservative Democratic Legislature? This Commonwealth is kinda fucked up in so many ways it would be really hard to describe why it doesn't surprise me in the slightest she is not at the top of the polls. I'd be happy if she was the top pick in MA, but I'd be fine with her coming insecond to Bernie.

[DownriverDem]

7. Yes feminism is important, but

beating trump is more important to me. Biden can beat trump. I believe he will pick a strong progressive Dem woman as his running mate. We have never had a woman VP. I wish we didn't have to, but we need to start there.

[CTyankee]

9. I'm assuming you mean you wish we "didn't have" to have a woman VP, but that we should have

a woman as President and we have to start somewhere. I see what you are saying. What is wrong with this country? Every other democracy in the whole world has had a woman head of government...

[marble falls]

13. Not by a long shot: France, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Italy, Greece ...

Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Japan, Indonesia .....

[CTyankee]

17. Then, okay, but you have to see the rising of women in many of those countries...soon to be

leader in Greece and women in strong leadership positions elsewhere (don't know about Poland, Japan and Indonesia but I'll do research).

We would be embarrassed not to have a woman president at this point, as the "leader of the free world."

[marble falls]

18. We should be very embarrassed about the large number of good strong women leaders we ...

could have had but never even gave any sort of a chance to. Golda Meir had to leave the US to become a leader in Israel.

[robbob]

22. Canada had a woman prime minister...

Kim Campbell. But she wasn’t voted in, had the unenviable task of being appointed by a very unpopular Conservative party, and was swept out in the next election.

[marble falls]

25. An absolute shame she didn't get a real chance.

[robbob]

26. Yeah, she was the fall guy

(Fall person?) for an increasing unpopular Brian Mulroney who handed the reins to Kim and snuck out the back door rather then facing the wrath of the electorate.

[BlueMTexpat]

37. Your information about Switzerland NOT having

a woman president is absolutely incorrect.

Women here only got the right to vote in federal elections in 1971 although several cantons had granted them that right earlier. The last holdout canton was Appenzell in 1991.

Since that time, there have been not just one, but several. Two of them served two terms; a third just began her second term. Of course, the Swiss President only serves a one-year term and the transition is fairly calm and uneventful - nothing like the political circus in the USA.

Ruth Dreifuss - 1999
Micheline Calmy-Rey - 2007
Doris Leuthard - 2010
Micheline Calmy-Rey (for the second time) - 2011
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf - 2012
Simonetta Sommaruga - 2015
Doris Leuthard (for the second time) - 2017
Simonetta Sommaruga (for the second time) -2020

Micheline Calmy-Rey was my personal favorite. But I like Simonetta Sommaruga as well.

The country has not fallen apart at all. If anything, it's doing better now than it ever has.

[spooky3]

49. Erna Solberg of Norway has served as prime minister since 2013. Finland

also currently has a female head of state - the youngest in the world.

https://money.com/female-heads-of-state/

Norway had another female prime minister previously, too.

[blm]

43. Warren is the best match against Trump.

No doubt in my mind.

She could twist him into knots far beyond what she did to Bloomberg.

Against corruption Warren turns into an assassin. A ruthless, relentless, brilliant assassin.

[ancianita]

47. +1

[Karma13612]

8. Well said! nt

[Ohiogal]

10. I agree 100%

[marble falls]

11. I'm strongly in the Democratic candidate column. We can win with any of them!

[sagesnow]

12. At the very least, I hope

Elizabeth wins McConnel's job and holds Trumps feet to the fire for all the illegal acts he has perpetuated while in office.

[marble falls]

20. That would make me happy, too.

[CTyankee]

21. I tell you I have evil fantasies about what should happen to McConnell and I know it's bad karma

but HIS karma is long overdue.

[FM123]

15. Yes, my heart is with her too.

And it tells me to hold on just a little bit longer...

[livetohike]

16. With you and her 100%. Just had this conversation with my

husband. I will be 68 years old soon, but I have hope that I will see our first female President soon and it won’t be Ivanka.

[Fresh_Start]

27. Had the conversation with my husband and he convinced me to hold on for Warren

instead of voting for Biden.
He was inclined to Buttigieg...but will vote Warren tomorrow.

[calimary]

30. I totally get that.

I’m there myself, in age and attitude. Hoping I’ll live to see a woman president. Since Hillary I find myself fighting a gnawing sense of discouragement about it. I find myself wondering if this will play out the same way women gaining the right to vote played out. Women had to wait. Black women had to wait another 50 years after their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons were able to vote before they could, too.

I find myself wondering how many other non-white-male voting groups will get a president who looks like them, before we women achieve that level of equality. That’s probably the last hurdle to be cleared. We’ll likely have a gay (male) president, a Latino president, a Jewish (male) president, before we see a female president. I hope I’m wrong.

[LittleGirl]

19. same here. eom

[mwooldri]

24. For me it's not about feminism.

While any of the Democratic Party candidates are miles better than the Orange Mugabe, Elizabeth Warren is IMO the best man for the job. Bernie has ideas. Joe has "more of the same", as does Amy (who my wife early voted for in the NC primary). What impresses me most about Elizabeth is that she has a plan for all of her ideas.

[Fresh_Start]

29. Warren The Only Progressive that actually makes progress

No whining, persuasion not threats.

[blm]

44. And proved she can fight and gain results.

[MoonlitKnight]

31. Over 15% in CA

Over 15 in Colorado
Over 15 in Maine
Tied in Massachusetts
Just below 15 in Minnesota with little polling
11% in North Carolina
From 10-15% in Texas

If voters would vote for who they feel is the best candidate instead of trying to game out the whole electability thing, she could have a strong showing tomorrow. Then if Klobuchar and Bloomberg drop out tomorrow night she has a good shot in a three way race. Sanders and Biden have doubts among the electorate and she will get a second look from many.

[llmart]

32. I agree with that 100%.

I still think Hillary won, and not just the popular vote. A few states were stolen. The fact that she actually did win makes me hopeful for the future, but in my 70's now I wonder if I'll ever see a female President?

I do hope Biden picks Kamala for his running mate, or maybe even Amy.

[BlueMTexpat]

33. This supporter will also

that in Elizabeth's column!

She is the best candidate. Bar none.

[Sloumeau]

34. Most of us Joe Biden supporters like Senator Warren.

The fact that we prefer Biden does not mean we do not respect her intelligence and hard work. Most of us really also really want a woman in the White House, which is why Biden's own supporters will be severely disappointed if he does not choose a woman for VP--one that could use the VP slot as a springboard to the Presidency.

I personally think it would be more strategic for Biden to choose a woman of color for VP, should he win the nomination, but if he did not, Warren would make a fine VP if she were so inclined and had no path to the nomination herself. She would also make a fine President--and one that I would be happy to vote for.

I voted for Hillary Clinton three times in my lifetime, and I was proud every time. I really wanted a woman in the White House, and I really did not want Trump there. The majority of Democrats voted for Hillary Clinton twice in 2016. The Democratic Party is more than ready for a woman President. It will happen, and we are all lucky to have Senator Warren be a part of the Democratic Party.

[dsharp88]

35. I'm hoping she's still viable when I vote Apr 4th because

I agree with you completely.

[CTyankee]

38. My primary is in late April...

I wish it were sooner. It'll probably be all over but the shouting by that time. What's the matter with CT?

[sellitman]

36. Warren is my choice still

I'd love for her to shake up these greedy banks and corporations.

Joe just isn't going to do it.

[cp]

39. She's the best candidate

[Mister Ed]

40. Yes. Even if she doesn't win the nomination herself...

...I would like her to have as much clout going into the convention as possible. I trust her judgement, and I think she can be relied upon to ask her delegates to support the best possible candidate at that time, taking all factors into account.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

42. the reason I believe she is staying in today and why I remain by her.

She draws support that would go to Sanders. And though she stands with him on many issues, she knows the dangers his nomination would pose. BUT SHE CANNOT SAY SO.

I so wish the FBI and Congress would make public exactly what Russia is doing.

[blm]

46. Good point.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

45. While Elizabeth's not my 1st choice (2nd for now) I'd LOVE to see her as President!! It's not over!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[PatrickforO]

48. Well, game's not over quite yet. But our candidate will likely not make it to

the nomination.

I like Warren because she has such good policies and speaks about them so well. She also reminds me of my own mother, who is one of the people in this life from whom I learned the most and to whom I owe the most. Bless her memory!

And Warren? She's so good. Yeah, I think we'd be better off getting rid of a LOT of the patriarchy. A woman president would be a great start.

[LaurenOlimina]

52. Well, I seldom get to vote for a candidate I actually like, so I'll stick with her.

[PatrickforO]

54. Yeah, I hear you. My whole family (me, wife, son and daughter) all voted for Warren.

I'd love to see her win the nomination, and failing that, get a serious cabinet post. Maybe Commerce. She'd be a GREAT Secretary of Commerce.

[LaurenOlimina]

51. I'm still with her because she was right and Joe was wrong on bankruptcy.

...among other things.

[MoonlitKnight]

53. She has lead the field

First to deny Fox News. The rest followed. The DNC followed.
First to support impeachment. The rest followed.
First to give detailed plans. The rest gave a PowerPoint or a Post-it.
The first to take on Bloomberg. The rest followed.

She put out a Covid-19 plan on Feb 5th. Introduced a bill last week. Introduced a plan for Trump to use now, because he needs the help.

She is the best candidate.