Elizabeth "could pose a threat to the next Republican presidential nominee"

[RiverLover]

Democrats vie with Republicans to capture the working-class vote
12/22/14



Some people think Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts could pose a threat to the presidential ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton. She could. But she also could pose a threat to the next Republican presidential nominee. Her attacks on America’s big banks could get her more than just media buzz. They could generate lots of votes. Republicans would do well to take her seriously.

It has been a long time since a populist wave washed over the nation and significantly influenced campaign discourse and political events. It happened in the 1820s with the emergence of Andrew Jackson, in the 1890s with the emergence of William Jennings Bryan and in the 1930s with the fiery “share the wealth” rhetoric of Huey Long until his 1935 assassination destroyed his movement.

Today, we see economic and political developments that could generate another such populist storm. The key is the plight of the white working class. Andrew Cherlin of Johns Hopkins University tells us that in 1996, the average 30-year-old man with a high school degree earned 20 percent less than a comparable man in 1979.

He outlines the devastation of blue-collar occupations: the percentage of workers classified as precision-production, crafts and repair workers, as well as operatives, fabricators and construction workers, decreased from 28 percent in 1970 to 17 percent in 2010. During the same period, the number of workers operating lathe, milling and turning machines plummeted from 345,000 to 14,000.

...Democrats have given Republicans a valuable gift by sticking it to the American working class, once the bedrock of the party’s New Deal coalition. But, if Mr. Schumer and Mrs. Warren have their way, their party will begin taking steps to reverse that situation and bring those working-class Americans back into the fold. If Republicans are flat-footed, the new Democratic populists could create a major fault line between themselves and Republicans on the issue of the big Wall Street banks. That represents the biggest threat to Republicans going into the 2016 elections.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/22/robert-merry-elizabeth-warren-the-populist-could-t/

[orpupilofnature57]

1. She could save our country, if WE lose the set notions .

[RiverLover]

2. Exactly. nt

[Thinkingabout]

3. She may well be a threat as Senator Elizabeth Warren.

[RiverLover]

4. FYI, the author of this article also wrote

Sands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition

http://www.amazon.com/Sands-Empire-Missionary-American-Ambition-ebook/dp/B000FCK6CA/ref=la_B001IXSCMG_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419515851&sr=1-4

Anything but a rethug.

[mikehiggins]

5. Schumer???

Linking Warren and Schumer in this way is simply wrong. One is fighting a populist battle against privilege and cronyism. The other is a tool of Wall Street. How hard is that to figure out?

[orpupilofnature57]

6. I agree, Schumer is another Morph Master .

[RiverLover]

7. I know, I know, I couldn't believe the article compared the 2! He's good at fooling some

but not all.

Chuck Schumer and the Democrats' Identity Crisis: Economic Policy vs. Rhetoric

Unfortunately, Schumer embodies the contradictions that will tear the Democratic Party apart over the next two years. He understands the need to embrace a populist, progressive narrative and program, but his ties to Wall Street and big money lead him to blunt any real moves by Democrats to take a bold stand for working people against corporate power.

The budget proposal to allow more government bailouts of banks that gamble with their depositors’ money was a huge lost opportunity for Democrats to paint Republicans as being on the side of the big banks that wrecked the economy. That opportunity was negated by President Obama’s pushing for the budget and Senator Schumer’s stealth maneuvers (widely known in Congress) to keep the Wall Street deal intact. As a result, the leaders of both parties demonstrated, as they’ve done before, that government is in fact on the side of the rich and powerful....

http://www.nextnewdeal.net/chuck-schumer-and-democrats-identity-crisis-economic-policy-vs-rhetoric

[orpupilofnature57]

8. " Impeachment isn't on the table " Mentality is just as responsible as

ShrubCo, Enabling when your supposed to be policing is the worst .