Elizabeth Warren has finally decided that she needs to be the nominee. Not just that wants to be the nominee, but that she NEEDS to the nominee, for the good of the country. She may be right about that.
Warren's likely line of thinking: Bloomberg is fatally flawed. Bernie keeps getting more toxic and would lose to Trump. Biden may not recover from the votes Bloomberg took from him. Pete and Amy keep wasting time feuding. Who in this field can be relied upon at this point?
So Warren is doing what she has to. She kneecapped Bloomberg during the debate. She's stopped being diplomatic to Amy. Today she's hitting Bernie over his medical records. She's looking to clear the decks.
What stands out is that Warren is going after her opponents in proportion, in honest fashion, and she's being fair. She's not being dirty about it, like when Bernie sent his press secretary on TV this week to spread a fake story about Bloomberg having a heart attack.
Warren is also embracing Super PACs today. All along she's probably told herself she'd rather lose the nomination, than win it with a Super PAC. But now she's concluded she has to find a way to be the nominee, and the reality is no one is going beat Trump without a war chest.
Warren has never seemed desperate to become president. She didn't even run in 2016, for fear of turning the far left against Hillary. Hard to imagine Warren is doing all of this today out of personal ambition. She must truly believe she NEEDS to do this, to take Trump down.
This doesn't necessarily mean Elizabeth Warren is correct. She's not the only suitable candidate. There may be other viable paths for taking Trump down. But Warren has decided she needs to be the nominee – and it's never been smart to bet against her. #PresidentElizabethWarren
