Tornado Alley (PROG)

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I believe Hillary must announce that if she wins the nomination she will choose Warren as her running mate

DWS's attack on Elizabeth Warren--What in the hell are they doing?

So, we're in the throes of a heated, hotly contested Democratic primary between the base and the establishment wing of the Democratic party.

In the midst of this contentious process--Debbie Wasserman Schultz--who has rendered herself the villain of the Democratic base (and Sanders supporters)--has just dropped a bomb on Elizabeth Warren. Schultz introduced legislation that would decimate regulations that Elizabeth Warren has been fighting to implement since Obama tapped Warren to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren championed and fought for these payday-loan regulations for years, and soon they'll be implemented.

Not if Wasserman-Schultz has anything to say about it. She is co-sponsoring legislation, and working Capitol Hill furiously, to nullify Warren's regulations that would protect consumers from payday-loan predators.

Isn't that interesting? The darling of the DNC, and Hillary Clinton's biggest fangirl--is attacking Elizabeth Warren right where it hurts her most.

This is not an accident. This is not bad timing. This is a strategic attack on Warren.

It's impossible to know what the DNC/DWS are doing, but I'll throw out two possibilities.

#1. This sets up a scenario where DWS plays the bad guy, then Hillary Clinton emerges to side with Warren. Then Clinton reaps the benefits of fighting against "predatory lending" (without hurting her friends at Goldman). She also emerges as a champion of the little guy--and as Elizabeth Warren's new BFF.

And gee, wouldn't that be a fantastic way for Clinton to begin earning the trust of the Bernie base and ultimately "absorb" the Bernie demographic into her campaign? Then, Warren would endorse Hillary (and it would be somewhat justified, given that Super Hillary had saved the day for Warren).

I have to give them some points for devious creativity--if this is the case.

Or #2--DWS is being used by the Clinton camp to visibly, publicly and obviously sabotage Warren because of her failure to endorse Clinton. If that's the case, then the DNC, led by DWS--has just declared war on the liberal base of the Dem party and Sanders supporters during a close primary battle.

Are they really that horrifying?

If so, their actions are so egregiously abusive--that I really hold out hope that scenario #1 is happening. I know #1 is a stretch, but devious lies and political kabuki theater seem more appealing than pure sociopathic power plays to harm Elizabeth Warren and what she's worked so hard to accomplish to help vulnerable Americans who are victims of payday-loan lenders.

It's much easier to stomach that they're setting up Clinton to emerge as the hero to damsel-in-distress Warren (for political purposes that benefit Clinton, of course).

Otherwise the corporatist-establishment wing of the Democratic party--led by Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC and Hillary Clinton--has just thrown down the gauntlet on the base of their own party.
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