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Zero Cool's avatar

I'm not sold on your argument. The way I've assessed things, Warren suffered in the presidential primary race because Sanders entered the race and took away all the energy from her campaign.

Also, Warren had similar appeal as Sanders did towards Trump supporters during early stages of the primaries. Even Tucker Carlson of all people at one point was considering voting for Warren because of her economic agenda and even referenced her Two-Income Trap book.

https://www.salon.com/2019/01/26/salon-interview-tucker-carlson-bashes-capitalism-says-he-might-vote-for-elizabeth-warren/

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michaelflutist's avatar

Sanders did steal a lot of her thunder.

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Zero Cool's avatar

Yeah. And a Biden vs. Warren race would have been interesting to watch if Sanders didn't jump in as a candidate.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Far more interesting to watch would have been a Warren presidency. With backing from a Democratically-controlled Congress, or even just with the inherent powers of the Executive, President Elizabeth Warren would have done wonderful things for our country!

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michaelflutist's avatar

I don't think there's much chance she could have gotten the highly substantive types of bipartisan legislation through that Biden did, though.

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ArcticStones's avatar

I agree.

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Zero Cool's avatar

In all fairness to Biden, he had decades of experience in the Senate working with the GOP and knowing the system. That helped him a lot as POTUS.

Warren however would have been more aggressive in pushing a 21st century Glass Steagal Act law to get a vote in Congress. Whether it would have passed or not under her presidency would have been a question.

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michaelflutist's avatar

I suspect it would not have. It would have needed the support of Manchin and Sinema.

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Zero Cool's avatar

Perhaps although it's possible Senator Josh Hawley might have signed on. He's one GOP Senator who has been supportive of a return for Glass Steagall.

The GOP platform in 2016 also called for reinstating Glass Steagall although with Trump being in office as POTUS, he didn't exactly push for the act to be reintroduced.

https://x.com/HawleyMO/status/1635639100815319042?mx=2

https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-platform-calls-for-revival-of-glass-steagall-1468876558

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