Should the voters of Massachusetts really be surprised that Elizabeth Warren seemingly isn’t ready for prime time (“A woman of few words,” Brian McGrory, Meto, Nov. 9)?
Let’s look at the facts: She never held a lower elective office; the Democratic Party bosses cleared the deck of several credible rivals to facilitate her coronation in the primary; and she did little local press during the race, opting instead for friendly national media types such as Rachel Maddow.
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Last time I checked, Ms. Warren did not run in New Hampshire, ergo, it is none of your damned business who gets elected in Massachusetts, and more than anyone from Massachusetts should have a say in whether Kelly Ayotte ought to have a term.
Well I'm from Massachusetts and am not surprised one bit by what a disaster she is going to be. She doesn't have an independent thought, she can't think fast on her feet and she lives in the world of academia and cheese shops. The only thing her victory proved is that the Democratic machine and big unions are alive in well in Massachusetts.
It has been said that politicians campaign in poetry, but govern in prose. Unfortunately, Senator Warren’s poetry consisted of a few well-worn cliches all about working to protect “middle-class working families.” The demands of campaigning limited her to just a few brief sound-bites such as this; the good news is that it worked and helped her to get elected. Now she has to leave the safety of a few memorized quotes, however sincere, and make a shift to much broader dialog. I believe that she has the intellectual capacity to express herself quite effectively, once she masters the prosaic demands of serving in the Senate.