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upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
1. When Warren doesn't run what happens then?
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:57 AM
Apr 2015

How much longer is this going to go on?
She isn't running! If a woman says no it doesn't mean maybe.
I think it is time we face up to the fact that there will be no real progressive Dem running for President in 2016.

rury

(1,021 posts)
4. What it means to me is that if neither Warren nor anybody else challenges Hillary then I will
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 12:36 PM
Apr 2015

write somebody in on my ballot in the 2016 Democratic primary because I do not support Hillary.
With an important caveat I will vote for her in the general election because I would never vote for a Republikkan.
If I am living in a competitive battleground state I will vote for Clinton even though I will actually be voting against the Republikkkan.
If I am in a safe blue state that she cannot lose then I will write somebody in because in good conscience I cannot vote for Hillary.
However I see a glimmer of hope here. By insisting on a "debate" Warren could be intimating that she will possibly jump in if she does not think Hillary is addressing the issues. I wonder what took place in those Warren/Clinton meetings a couple of months ago? It does not HAVE to be Warren, I just want a liberal, more personally acceptable alternative to Hillary.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
5. I think we need to concentrate on our state and local
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 12:52 PM
Apr 2015

elections. I think it will be Hillary vs one of the clown car riders. We have to not let negative feelings about Hillary keep us from voting on other offices and issues on our ballots.

rury

(1,021 posts)
6. I always concentrate on all of the offices, thank you.
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:48 PM
Apr 2015

Just because I am not enthusiastic about Hillary and might write someone else in in the GE does not mean that other down-ballot candidates and issues won't have my support They most certainly will get my vote whether I can stand Hillary or not.
Hint: Can't stand her.

awake

(3,226 posts)
2. I do not think she will run but she will keep everyones feet to the fire
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:59 AM
Apr 2015

She will make sure the important issues are answered by all the people running some may have wished that she ran so they can attack her instead of the issues that she raises. By not running but asking the hard questions then it will be harder to change the subject.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
3. What I wonder is if I 'trash' the word 'Hillary'
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 12:07 PM
Apr 2015

does that hide every OP that has that in the title, in the text, or even in comments under the OP?

Will it hide OP's on Elizabeth Warren, for instance, if the OP author also puts 'Hillary' in the text somewhere?

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