WALL STREET/WARREN REACT — Lot of response to our piece Monday reporting that big Wall Street donors might pull their financial support if Hillary Clinton picked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) as her running mate.
One top progressive emailed: “If Warren were VP, it would more than recoup any money lost by Wall Street by raising tons in grassroots donations — and likely tons more in big checks from Warren donors to the DNC, etc. Would actually save the Clinton fundraising people a lot of time. Evidence: Sanders outraised Clinton.”
Another top Dem: “I can't think of a dumber strategy to derail Warren than a bunch of Wall Street execs saying she's unacceptable. Literally. Like that story couldn't be better for her if she planted it.”
Tyler Gellasch, a former senior Democratic policy advisor: “Picking Senator Warren would be the easiest way for Secretary Clinton to demonstrate that she's committed to an economic policy agenda for everyone, not just her wealthy donors. And the mountain of Wall Street pushback may well be the biggest selling point for picking Senator Warren — not a detractor.
“In one move, Secretary Clinton could unify the Democratic Party and completely foreclose Trump's attempts to exploit her Wall Street ties (and speeches) with his own populist-sounding attacks. Besides, are the majority of financial services executives really going to back Trump or want to risk it? Good luck with that."
warren is more than qualified. however, gonna be a hard sell for some who think women president and vp would be too much estrogen in the WH.