So much for that “afraid of the press” meme. I didn’t love the headline on the front page profile, but the article strikes me as a pretty good introduction. Warren effectively countered any “ivory tower” or “silver spoon” associations due to her position at Harvard (“I came up scrappy. I came up the hard way,” she’s quoted), and she was right on her message of being a fighter for the middle class.
Bonus extra column on Warren by Brian McGrory in the Metro section. Could the sometimes misanthropic McGrory have been a bit smitten? The piece is headed “New Kind of Contender,” and touts Warren’s energy, smarts and charm. And for those who bought the “Martha Coakley couldn’t beat Dick Cheney for mayor of Berkeley” analysis (being an admirer of the AG I don’t subscribe to that school myself), that McGrory sees Warren as the opposite of the “all scripted and tailored” Coakley may come as some reassurance.
Warren can get this kind of coverage virtually every time she is interviewed. It was a (minor) mistake not to give at least a short interview after that New Bedford house party.
I saw someone comment on the Boston.com article that she has no chance because MA likes to have senators from each party for balance. He is obviously new to MA.
Must have just stepped off a bus. Balanced and new do not belong in the same sentence when discussing Mass politics.
who really gets it! I’ve been a big fan of her youtube videos for years. She’s amazing.
Her ability to understand and explain the economic challenges we face and offer real solutions is proven. She’s brilliant!
My question has been – can she translate a lecture into 15 second sound bite? Probably so.
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I think Karl Case gives a better economic lecture.
taught the Congressional Republicans a lesson!
A cry of pain from the red extremists who presumably speak most directly to the approximately 11 percent of the Massachusetts voters registered as Republicans. Scott Brown is a Republican, party of Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. The other 89 percent of Massachusetts can do better.
Was expecting something other than party reg. stats?
Democrat 37%
Republican12%
Other 28 1%
Independent 2141 51%
this editor stinks hitting tab closes the window ?
BTW it’s 63% not Democrat
We’ll see if “Warren effectively countered any “ivory tower” or “silver spoon” associations due to her position at Harvard (“I came up scrappy. I came up the hard way,” she’s quoted)”
It’s interesting the Globe feels the Harvard thing is important to counter. The print edition puts her defensive quote above the headline on the front page “Yeah, I’m a Harvard professor. But I wasn’t born at Harvard. I came up scrappy.”
Um, I don’t think anyone thought she was “born at Harvard.” In fact it’s the self-congratulations and smug assurance of merit and mettle that turn people off to Harvard profs. We’d forgive someone who was born into the Harvard legacy through no fault of their own.
And I’m wondering where the Globe found the “chief knock against her” to be her Harvard elitism. Other than my own punditry a few weeks ago, I haven’t seen that meme expressed anywhere else. Maybe I don’t read enough RMG? Here’s what I said here, which is now confirmed by the Globe:
If anything I think being a legacy as opposed to getting in on your own merits is more likely to be a negative, at least in my own mind. It is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and both faculty and students should be proud of their association. It also is a key factor in the relgious and educational heritage of this Commonwealth, even being singled out in our Constitution.
You probably voted for Coakley, right?
…at least in the general, (She’s more likely than Scott Brown to vote my way most of the time which is ultimately all that really matters about a Senator in a general.) but I don’t know where she went to school. How is she relevant to my comments about Harvard.
Have to love the ideas that come right from the top there.
I note that neither you nor dont-get-cute, nor ANY of the current GOP mob, offer ANY substantial insight into ANY of the major issues of our day. Instead, you contribute anti-intellectual snark like this.
You might revisit your history, and think about which side of each major political crisis the anti-intellectuals of the time landed on. Who burned the books and trashed the intellectuals in Germany, Russia, China, and the deep south of the US?
Whether or not you are able to see it yourself, the rest of us see exactly where you and those who appreciate such “humor” are coming from.
Spiro Agnew smiles upon you.
I’m not anti-intellectual, and my comment above had no humor in it. I don’t think merrimackguy’s was a joke either, though I don’t know much about Summers (he was a hero to me when he said something that annoyed feminists, but that was a rare moment of sanity for Harvard).
I’m trying to warn against progressive folly and liberal moonbatism, which will send the country over a cliff. The Globe story at least shows that they agree with me that her Harvard professor thing is an albatross that she needs to shake off somehow. I think she can do it if she gives a sista soulja kiss-off to BMG libertarian progressives, perhaps by never making an It Gets Better video and calling for drastic cuts in the NIH budget, things like that.
Is this comment what you would call “substantial insight into ANY of the major issues of our day”? “Progressive folly”? “Liberal moonbatism”?
I rest my case.
That is my substantial insight. Warren needs to kick herself free from the deranged and raving social libertarians (like the Koch Brothers) in order to compete with Brown on the topics she was known for. She’s gotta be a practical mother who knows how to use a calculator and stand up to banks and the Harvard elite, not actually be the Harvard elite.
In particular I thinking of such writers as Walter Duranty or George Bernard Shaw – what did Stalin call them – “Useful Idiots”
How many people starved 10M+
I don’t know where anybody got the idea that people were making a big deal out of Harvard Elitism. Oh, wait, looky here!
you mean Scott Brown’s consultant?
Would I be negatively attacking Brown if I said “YES!”
I am most excited because she will be a great Senator, but also happy that so many of us support her and there will be less bickering during this election season. That will be a welcome relief.
There won’t be a primary at the top of the ticket on the Dem side (you heard it here first!), but there will be HUGE primary fights on the GOP side so the likelihood is that unenrolleds will take a GOP primary ballot.
Now Warren and Khazai are both working the room hard in Barnstable and Dukes county, but Warren has yet to appear. And many of those activists get sniffy if it looks like they are being treated as an afterthought.
I’ve said it before – Barnstable votes disportionately in primaries. 4 years ago, on my side, the ballots cast in Barnstable almost equalled Essex in raw numbers although their population is almost triple. Hillary’s people worked hard here, Obama’s didn’t.
It isn’t just how many votes, it’s where they are – and Warren has already begun her general election campaign, secure in the annointment of the national party.
I like her the best of all the announced candidates so far.
The only person who might change my mind is Mike Capuano, and he hasn’t announced yet (assuming that folks like Deval Patrick, Barney Frank, and so on stay out).
I love the attention that Ms. Warren already gets from the rabid right, and I suspect she does as well. The roar of the right-wing mob objecting to her nomination as Director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau immediately suggested to me that must be doing something right, and everything I’ve seen since then reinforces that intuition.
She strikes me as an accessible, tough, smart, articulate, powerful heavy-hitter who brings a big load — in stark contrast to Scott Brown and, sadly, Martha Coakley.
That way we have some input into the Republican side of the aisle in Congress and therefore more of a say in the actual legislation that winds up getting passed. I think he is fairly sensitive to the voters in Massachusetts, and has more effect bringing the consensus to a reasonable center than another Democrat wold.
I might be able to convince you and david to vote for Scott yet.
LOL when have you ever convinced me of anything? 😉
There is quite the primary shaping up on the Dem side and I doubt Brown gets a GOP primary. If you were refering to the presidency which is the other way around keep in mind the presidential and Senate primaries are several months apart.
I would love it, love it, love it, because so many people have no idea what he has been up to and still think he’s God’s gift to the working class. A primary would help to get him out there to let his truck driving comrades understand exactly what he stands for.
The uninformed are still pretty fond of the guy, and he has done a great job of keeping who he REALLY is under the table. I’m happy that there will be plenty of air time for the guy before the general election even begins. Can’t wait for the debates.
Massachusetts long aversion to Harvard educated elites is well-documented. That the Globe mentioned it is proof positive. Since Massachusetts has never voted for somebody affiliated with the storied institution of snobbery ensconced in the Massachusetts Constitution (no really)…Wait we’re just getting this in…Uh, huh, yup, got it. Apparently Massachusetts has voted for snobby Harvard elitists both Democrat and Republican.
Look the Globe mentioned this because some editor thinks it might be a problem or more cynically thinks it makes for a better story. The fact is, however, that people have a love-hate relationship with Harvard in this state. If you don’t live in Allston, and therefore have other beefs, you may think exclusive, but you’re just as likely to think “wicked smaht”! Worst case scenario for Warren it turns into a Bill Ayers-type problem and that clearly killed Obama’s campaign in 2008.