LABOR LOU-I prefer Elizabeth Warren to Hillary Clintonbut I’m not willing to risk the election on a Warren candidacy.
In the primaries, Clinton will try to convince democrats that she has a lock on the electoral map and, as president, will use her political skills and guile to beat up republicans. Implicit in her message will be Barack Obama’s strategic failure against a vile and vicious opposition.
Warren, if she decides to go, will be cast as a brilliant and noble true-believer who has never been tested at the highest level. Democrats will be told that we can’t afford to nominate or elect another leader not ready for prime time.
Ironically, I think Warren would have had a better chance if the democratic front-runner was a man.
Our party and nation seem inclined to elect a woman president. If her health holds up, Hillary Clinton is probably our best bet.
(Lou Siegel works in the labor movement and blogs at LaborLou.com where this column was first posted.)
-cw
CityWatch
Vol 11 Issue 1
Pub: Jan 3, 2014