Tapper, on 09 November 2016 - 07:19 AM, said:
A democratic candidate with a credible blue collar appeal, perhaps through an army background, will wipe the floor with him (Joe Biden could have been ideal - but he'll be 78 by then). The bad news is that this person is probably not Warren.
You might be overestimating Trump's actual appeal here. I've said it before; I'll say it again: Trump won because of Hillary's unpopularity on the right. That is what motivated people to get out and vote. Trump was not even BK's first choice, for those who don't remember, but BK has been pretty consistent in his hatred for Hillary. That's absolutely typical. Yes, Trump appeals to the red-meat base, but that's roughly half of the Republican Party, and if he'd had a different opponent, many of those red meat types would not have shown up to vote.
And Elizabeth Warren actually does have a good bit of blue-collar appeal. She knows how to put things in layman's terms and that's part of what makes her so popular. She is a Harvard professor from Oklahoma; she's a very authentic mix of rural sensibility and the academic elite. She gained her popularity partly by stumping about financial injustice in blue collar communities; she expertly targets all her speeches to people's real financial difficulties; she's written books about it, understands it, and doesn't have to resort to technobabble to explain it. Whereas Bernie tends to ramble incoherently, Warren can give a speech about complex financial regulations and make it sound like third-grade storytime. She understands finance better than anyone in the Senate and she almost never comes off as incomprehensible.
The President (2012) said:
Please proceed, Governor.
Chris Christie (2016) said:
Elizabeth Warren (2020) said:
And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.