‘Is Elizabeth Warren Still Acceptable to the Left?’

Jamarl Thomas has a video, partially baring the title of this blog entry, which speaks to a lot of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Democratic presidential primaries voters with regard for Elizabeth Warren.

Back in 2012, I thought, prior to her first-term election as the now-senior U.S. senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren could be a future president of the United States. This was because of how she connected with what has been needed for consumers and workers. I was thinking this, admittedly, in a period when it seemed that Election 2008 was a realigning election for the presidency to be won by Democrats with at least three, but more than likely four, consecutive cycles. But, we know the Democrats—still stuck in the 1990s—so please excuse me for digressing.

It sunk in, after she waited for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination to be determined, and that she just basically aligning with the “winner,” that people had it absolutely wrong to be thinking that Elizabeth Warren had the potential for the presidency of the United States. Come to think—her not tossing her name into the 2016 race told me she was actually not interested. But, I do agree that what Elizabeth Warren did in 2016 was a big disappointment. Her choosing to spend much of Election 2016 out-tweeting a pre-45th U.S. president Donald Trump on Twitter was a colossal waste!

This video, appearing above, is long. It is just over 90 minutes. I know some people are not going to be up for it. But, any amount you can take in will likely be appreciated. As usual, Jamarl Thomas is perceptive. Very perceptive.




A Note to Readers of Progressives Chat

Before getting to my “Note,” I want to wish every person a healthy and enjoyable New Year’s Day, as well as a good night leading into that holiday, and a good 2018. (Today is the last regular day for a thread topic for the year 2017.)

A reminder: For the months of November and December 2017, I made the decision to have thread topics three times per week—regular topics on Mondays and Wednesdays followed by weekend threads beginning on Fridays.

This was due to the last two months typically being the busiest period of the year.

I have made the decision to continue with this regularly. One person responded, after I wrote and posted my November/December decision, with mentioning that day-to-day threads made commenting, after others’ posts, a little less convenient.

One benefit for me, frankly, is that I don’t need to stress over coming up with a new topic each day, Mondays to Thursdays, because news comes so fast that people may go ahead and post the link from such reports or, for another example, provide a link from a social media site like Twitter.

Progressives Chat is a place for people to post freely. There has never been a requirement to post responses which relate only to a given day’s topic thread. (A note about comments: I have the setting to allow comments up to seven days following a given blog entry.)

Thank you, to everyone, for being here!

—Candy83