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Originally Posted by Adder
Hi, George, can you think of a name we might call a movement based on a philosophy of "stop[ping] things?"
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I think he's distinguishing between obstructionist behavior and good faith debates over whether something should be done or to what extent something should be done.
But he's right on Warren. She's moving up in the polls because as people listen to her, they realize the dumb conventional wisdom that she is unelectable (a liberal friend of mine over the weekend complained that Warren was "great," but alienating and lacking personality and warmth) is just that. Warren is actually quite personable and knows more about household economics and the debt problems that plague Trump voters than all other D candidates combined. And she's framed herself the same way Bernie did in 2016 -- as someone injecting "fairness" back into govt. Fairness is the most important issue out there right now. It's what carried Trump and Bernie in 2016. It's a big part of what's roiling politics in Europe right now. It's what started Occupy Wall Street in 2011. And it's never been properly addressed. Obama instead offered hope and then tacked to the center. Trump promised to even the playing field for those on the losing end of the economy - those in a "rigged system" - and delivered nothing. Warren is positioned to soak up that pent up populist energy and channel it through policy that speaks not to business, not to some basket of trickle down policies, but to Main Street, offering direct relief to the little guy.
Will sees this. But he hates populism and Warren's politics so much, he cannot bear to credit her, so he instead snickers at her and her supporters by calling her "fun."
