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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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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Lol Jeey if they were loyal, they wouldn't have peeled away to other candidates.
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she ended the idea of unity when she came out in favor of a contested convention.
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Ok but it wasn’t working. I don’t know if there is a winning option at this point but doing more of the same isn’t it.
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Doesn’t this just suggest she lacks authenticity which is Bernie Sanders defining trait? She has constantly shifted her message to try and define herself as opposed to Sanders who’s singular and effective message is I’m standing for the working class and will wage war on elites.
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Warrior should be dominant with wonk backing it up. No reason to choose one.
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