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Elizabeth Warren Has Something to Teach Us
It’s that a woman can be the President of the United States
Over the past few weeks, the number of Democrats jumping on the presidential bandwagon has leveled off. It appears to be holding steady at a still almost clown car like 24, leaving Senator Amy Klobuchar to quip “It’s a ‘Hunger Games’ situation.”
Leading the pack is Joe Biden, by brand recognition alone, was above the fray even before he entered the race. Followed by 2016 runner up, Bernie Sanders but closing in on Sanders is Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.
In the past month, Warren has gained some traction that can only be explained by her assiduousness. Although, you’d be hard pressed to find too many media outlets that are reporting on her upswing. To them, it’s still the Joe and Bernie show. Frankly, it would be a challenge to find the media reporting too much on any of the six women running for president.
Spread out over two days, the first Democratic debates are set to take place in Miami on June 26 and 27*. This will certainly thin the herd. However, if you rely only on mainstream media outlets for news, you’d think that this was Joe Biden’s debate, and candidacy, to loose. While recent polling and data indicates that Biden holds a sizable lead (+/- 15 points) he’s lost about three…