Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Elizabeth Warren is a player to be reckoned with
newsdepo.com
Tina Nguyen/Vanity Fair: Elizabeth Warren is surging—and the Trump campaign is taking notice After writing off Warren, the president appears to have realized “Pocahontas” isn’t going to cut it. Outside the Fox-Republican Party nexus, she’s coAbbreviated Pundit Round-up: Elizabeth Warren is a player to be reckoned with
Tina Nguyen/Vanity Fair: Elizabeth Warren is surging—and the Trump campaign is taking notice After writing off Warren, the president appears to have realized “Pocahontas” isn’t going to cut it. Outside the Fox-Republican Party nexus, she’s completed several successful campaign visits to Trump-voting strongholds, where voters admit that while they’re inherently wary of Democrats, they find her genuine and committed to addressing their pet issues of economic inequality and declining opportunities. It’s the sort of message that landed Trump in the White House, but this time executed by a politician with the wherewithal—and the detailed plans—to make good on her promises. The difference, of course, is where Warren is placing the blame. It’s easy for Trump to tell his base that immigrants are stealing their jobs. It’s trickier for Warren to explain on the campaign trail, in a nuanced way, that the systems of government are designed to perpetuate inequality. Warren herself is aware of the challenge. “It’s like teaching class. ‘Is everybody in here getting this?’ And that’s what I just struggle with all the time,” she told The New York Times. “How do I get better at this? How do I do more of this in a way that lets people see it, hear it and say, ‘Oh, yeah.’” If she manages to walk the line, the president has good reason to be worried. So does Sanders, whose lane intersects with hers. And so does Biden, whose blue-collar Scranton constituency may see a better opportunity in Warren’s many plans. xGreg Sargent makes a good case that Democrats are NOT vulnerable on immigration and shouldn't buy into @sullydish's thinking..https://t.co/fAGGPneerr— (((Greg Siskind))) (@gsiskind) June 18, 2019 Read more