tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post201720661759192012..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Elizabeth Warren: The PragmatistNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-35536952467391438862015-05-29T12:35:36.782-05:002015-05-29T12:35:36.782-05:00Her bully pulpit didn't help her stop the TPA ...Her bully pulpit didn't help her stop the TPA from getting through the Senate. <br /><br />This is an informative piece, Nancy. Thanks. I will bear all this in mind as I continue to observe her behavior.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-3420329440018192762015-05-29T12:16:15.127-05:002015-05-29T12:16:15.127-05:00Anonymous: Very astute comment. Here's what Ry...Anonymous: Very astute comment. Here's what Ryan Lizza wrote in the article I linked to:<br /><br /><i>“I think she’s doing exactly the right thing,” Barney Frank, the former congressman from Massachusetts, told me recently, referring to Warren. “Right now, she’s as powerful a spokesperson on public policy as you could be in the minority.”...“She has an absolute veto over certain public-policy issues, because Democrats are not going to cross her. And if she were to even hint at being a candidate that would be over.” He added, “Democrats are afraid of Elizabeth Warren. No Democrat wants Elizabeth Warren being critical of him.”</i>Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-67576308277337226152015-05-29T12:02:13.070-05:002015-05-29T12:02:13.070-05:00Elizabeth Warren is building power, at the direct ...Elizabeth Warren is building power, at the direct expense of the sitting president. It's really that simple. Nancy Pelosi has power because when she has to deliver X votes, she delivers X votes. Every time. She doesn't rule over her constituency with an iron fist and deliver way more than X in lockstep on every different vote in perpetuity, she delivers the bare minimum of X and protects her flock and that's why she's the Big Boss in the House.<br /><br />But she's like 85 or whatever. And Harry Reid is retiring. And the President is on the way out, and he doesn't have many loyalists to speak of anyway. Not a lot of Democrats got elected on his watch, and besides, the legacy Dems in congress have always resented his success and identity. So there's a looming power vacuum in the D coalition. If she can bring 20 senators behind her very public shield, plus the House CPC, we're talking like 100 legislators who will declare for her and back her and rely on her fundraising. Most Clinton era Dems are long retired, and nobody has ever liked the Clintons to begin with. She's in a position to be the prime factional leader on the Hill for the next ten years.<br /><br />Nobody cares that Harry Reid and Barack Obama plainly can't stand each other. It's not anything to get sour over. They're different people in it for different things, we accept their discord as <i>individuals</i> with rival agendas. Only because it's a black man and a white woman are they expected to be BFFs for solidarity and goodwill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-90540418992688877632015-05-29T11:43:23.968-05:002015-05-29T11:43:23.968-05:00Substance over symbolism is the heart of good poli...Substance over symbolism is the heart of good policy. Obviously at one time, Elizabeth Warren knew that. If you are so purist you cannot work with someone simply because of who they are, you will lose. Period. When that purity trumps obtaining the laws that keep Americans more safe, you have sacrificed all of us to that ideological nonsense. I would like Sen. Warren again if she'd remember that and use HER "bully pulpit" to educate her airhead progressive followers. Churchlady320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-74518543605422326512015-05-29T11:40:01.839-05:002015-05-29T11:40:01.839-05:00Since Frank was and Warren is a Democrat and since...Since Frank was and Warren is a Democrat and since the Dems passed Dodd-Frank, your entire premise just blew up in your face.Faithladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514558634350051712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-4299017955787639122015-05-29T10:28:50.351-05:002015-05-29T10:28:50.351-05:00Whoa. You really paint with a broad brush, huh.Whoa. You really paint with a broad brush, huh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-31643517742595286452015-05-29T09:52:17.788-05:002015-05-29T09:52:17.788-05:00I wonder if - for a lot of people - being in the m...I wonder if - for a lot of people - being in the minority means assuming all you can do is shake fists.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-13807051414529535092015-05-29T09:51:33.460-05:002015-05-29T09:51:33.460-05:00The operative words in her whole modus operandi ar...The operative words in her whole modus operandi are: "as long as it didn't give away substance" #GOP and #Dems don't even have that as a starting point let alone a bottom lineAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952138081655495809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-6266504181348747632015-05-29T09:40:15.531-05:002015-05-29T09:40:15.531-05:00Wonder what happened to herWonder what happened to hersherifffruitflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676077292357887614noreply@blogger.com