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Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race
NEW YORK TIMESBOSTON Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop out of the presidential race on Thursday and will inform her staff of her plans later this morning, according to a person close to her, ending a run defined by an avalanche of policy plans that aimed to pull the Democratic Party to the left and appealed to enough voters to make her briefly a front-runner last fall, but that proved unable to translate excitement from elite progressives into backing from the partys more working-class and diverse base.
Though her support had eroded by Super Tuesday, in her final weeks as a candidate she effectively drove the centrist billionaire, former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, out of the race with debate performances that flashed her evident skills and political potential.
She entered the race railing against the corrosive power of big money, and one long-term consequence of her campaign is that Ms. Warren demonstrated that someone other than Senator Bernie Sanders, and his intensely loyal small-dollar donors, could fund a credible presidential campaign without holding fund-raisers.
Her potential endorsement is highly sought after in the race and both Mr. Sanders and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. have spoken with Ms. Warren since Super Tuesday, when the end of her campaign appeared imminent.
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Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2020
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thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)1. If she endorses Sanders or Biden...
...that's probably who I will switch my support to. But I also would not be surprised if she doesn't endorse anyone, at least right away.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)2. If she doesn't endorse it will look like sour apples
I expect Sander's to get her endorsement.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden