Elizabeth Warren
In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren winning support for 2016 White House bid [View all]Jasana
(490 posts)I donated money to her campaign but was too sick to help with much else. (I'm disabled.) If she runs against Hillary, I will support her to my dying breath but she's going to have to run on lots and lots of small donations. Wall Street hates her guts. Big money donations will be a problem... especially with that wretched Citizens United decision. Of course, that's going to be a problem for anyone who runs on the Democratic ticket. Less so for Hillary. I would have voted for Hillary in 2008 but my biggest concern for her then and now was Warhawk.
I was afraid she would feel a need (especially as a woman) to show how tough she is when it comes to matters of defense. Sadly, I think Elizabeth might fall into this same blackhole. Women don't dare show themselves to be "weak" on defense matters. Maybe I'll be wrong and Warren will surprise me. If we get Markey in the Senate permanently, I might not feel so bad about having to go through another special election here in Mass.
I hope that post made sense. I'm in insomniac hell right now and can barley type.