Piff Perkins
Veteran
Yes, the Sanders people tore her apart in an unfair manner. They did that to everyone and frankly I'm glad their bullshyt is largely irrelevant now. It was never really about policy, it was about purity and retribution.
I don't think bipartisanship was her flaw per se. As you said Warren is way too lost in the weeds of academic bullshyt that doesn't have an appeal outside the internet. Another reason there was pushback from a very specific strand of Sanders supporters was that the policies they support - universal healthcare, green new deal, etc - are largely best as abstract ideals people can say they support, without the burden of debating specifics. Once you get into the weeds of HOW you implement programs, it becomes a purity battle between leftists who love nothing more than to get nothing accomplished.
BTW this is a major reason why democrat governors have largely gotten no credit for implementing multiple successful liberal policies on the state level. Walz, Whitmer, etc have pushed through school lunch programs and killed right-to-work status for unions and cut rent by building more housing etc etc. Peopl,e want simple solutions to every day problems in their lives, not policy papers. And these politicians have been rewarded by normal voters - liberals, moderates, even some conservatives. The left doesn't care because their main interest is critiquing power and demanding purity.
.....Ricans in the comments sounding inspired.
