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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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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Friend, I would seriously reconsider the opinion that only "college educated whites" are looking for a smart, policy-oriented candidate. Warren's real strength is passion welded to intelligence. She's the best pure political candidate we've seen since Clinton (the first one).
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I dunno maybe the fact that she's a multifaceted candidate and not a one-trick pony is exactly what distinguishes her campaign from the rest.
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The whole point of this thread is that it's great to be both, but for a campaign branding is important.
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I feel like at her best the wonk + fighter supplement each other. "You need to fully understand the system to effectively fight the rich - they have too many ways to cheat and hide their money" is a good pitch.
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As a college-educate PoC who supports Warren I am now worrying that I don’t exist.
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Problem is that she (and Sanders) don't do that well among college-educated white women, compared to the other dems.https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1230208004152270851?s=19 …
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