1. Elizabeth Warren is multifaceted, but in elections identity gets simplified. Her campaign needs to settle on which identity they want to go with: Warren the wonk or Warren the warrior.
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3. Warren the wonk also played into her campaign's unity message (a wonk being able to figure out best policy solutions in a way that transcends ideological divide). It's a formidable message and won her a large, loyal following.
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4. Problem with making wonk salient (at the expense of being a fighter) is it appeals to only a subset of voters (college educated whites), is demobilizing (she has a plan, so we don't have to have her back) and limited her ability to criticize party when it screwed up (Iowa)
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5. Over-playing the wonkishness also obscured the fact that Warren hasn't just been a policy expert: he's used policy for a purpose, as a class warrior on behalf of ordinary people. As
@rtraister points out, she's always been a fighter:https://twitter.com/rtraister/status/1230345242504826880 …Show this thread -
6. Eviscerating Bloomberg was not just good short term politics, but also showed, as
@ThePlumLineGS notes, how Warren can fight both a specific political foe and (wonkishly) show that the foe is symptom of large structural problems. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/20/elizabeth-warren-just-tore-apart-billionaire-why-not-trump/ …Show this thread -
7. Some more thoughts here on why channelling anger is good for Warren's campaign, and also how to deal with the sexist backlash that might also come from her warrior identity:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-debate-warren-nevada/ …
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8. To those who say Warren can sell herself as both a wonk and a warrior, remember: elections simplify identity. If voters only have one word to describe Warren, is it better if that word is "wonk" or "warrior." Which facet should be salient?
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Wonky Warren solidifies her appeal to upper-middle class educated suburbanites. Warrior Warren can make more inroads into Bernie and Biden’s working class bases, but it’s an uphill battle either way you slice it.
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Why must those two sides of Warren at odds with each other? I want a president who has a plan to attack three years of impunity for Trump and his conspirators. She's the only one talking about that. It's a plan of attack.
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She has a plan for that... take 'em down! So, both.
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The "policies" she has on her website are definitely longer than the other candidates, but they still read like 9th grade essay as they begin with stories about her aunt bee and uncle joe.
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