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It Won’t be Easy, but Elizabeth Warren Has a Shot.
She has the potential to be a catalyst for change, if we make her message known.
It’s so refreshing to have a few true fighters on the left in political office, and Democratic Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren is undeniably one of them. Her steady rise in the polls is a clear indicator that the democratic base appreciates focus on substance and progressive policy proposals, and she has been able to position herself exactly where she needs to be at this early point. Currently, she polls around third place in the crowded field of hopefuls.
Imagine where she’ll be once she takes the debate stage.
The fight that helped launch Elizabeth Warren’s political career was against not just the credit card companies, but the Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden as well. A recent report by Vox examined their vehement disagreement over the 2005 bankruptcy bill. According to Warren and other likeminded individuals, the bankruptcy bill was simply designed to add more unnecessary difficulties for average families forced to declare bankruptcy, and benefit the powerful financial corporations even further. For Biden on the other hand, the bill was a sound compromise that he not only supported, but helped draft. Warren so opposed the passage of this bill, that it inspired…
