Rachel Maddow had Elizabeth Warren on last night for a great segment where EW talks about issues that should be front and center in campaigns going forward.
Warren was clearly a Democratic Party partisan with her comments, obviously intent on rallying the base around issues that matter to progressives and wanting the party to focus on them as well.
Maddow showed the letter penned by Warren after Citi and others threatened to cut off funding to Dems because of Warren's criticism. Rachel said that when that letter went out supporters who often respond with as much as $100,000 Warren asked them to contribute the $30,000 to the DSCC that Citi and others were threatening to withhold if she did not pull back from her criticism.
Rachel told Warren something to the effect ' the reason there is such a clamor from people who are after you to run for President even though you don't want to is because they are worried about the Democrats chances of holding on to the Presidency and it going Republican and the Senate staying Republican, would put you in a position of having no leverage at all .'
EW says that issues are what truly divide us from the Republicans, and that's where we should spend our energy. Republicans already attacking Dodd Frank this soon after the financial crisis. Give us a chance, give us a majority, and we will bring down student loan rates and more. On Social Security we will take care of funding, EXPAND Social Security. We had a vote on this, now can go to American people and campaign on this. There is a clear difference on this between parities, accountability of financial sector....
Hmmmmmmm.
And for some reason cannot get the vid to embed. Copied and pasted it just below here and now cigar. There was no https so no s to remove. Anyone able to help?
Good stuff. Sorry, no transcript yet.
The Rachel Maddow Show 3/31/15
Senator Elizabeth Warren pushes Democrats to compete on issues
Senator Elizabeth Warren talks with Rachel Maddow about the differences between Democrats and Republicans on popular issues like student loans and the minimum wage, and why she thinks emphasizing those distinctions is key to Democratic political success.
Duration: 9:45