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Does Elizabeth Warren Have a Plan to Become (Vice) President?
Joe Biden has promised to select a female running mate and serve only one term. Can Warren deliver the progressive votes he needs to win?
It seems like only yesterday, Democratic voters were swimming in a sea of Democratic candidates. These qualified candidates ran the gauntlet from moderate career politicians to fresh-faced liberal progressives.
Stalwart moderate Democrats, like Joe Biden, wanted a hearkening back to the good old days before Donald Trump was elected president; liberal progressives were determined to steer the party forward and in ever-further leftward directions.
For the moment, it seems like the Democratic moderates have won. Joe Biden has triumphed over Bernie Sanders and every other Democrat in the race- somehow. Though he didn’t manage it through enthusiasm for the Biden campaign.
The latest primary challenger heavily backed by the Justice Democrats- the same progressive liberal group that backed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her winning primary challenge in New York- Jessica Cisneros was defeated by incumbent Democrat Rep. Henry Cueller. Thanks in part to the endorsement and help of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi herself, Cueller managed to barely fend off the challenge.