Sanders and Biden are good men, but they want you to believe this election is a two-man race. It's not. It's a race between ELIZABETH WARREN and 3 old white guys—2 of them good men—who look just like every president (except one) we've ever had. It's time for a change. #Warren2020 
1/ I've tweeted day in and day out about Warren's qualifications as a US Senator specializing in both domestic and foreign policy, as one of America's smartest policy wonks, and as an empathetic human who listens as much as she talks and always fights for vulnerable populations.
2/ I've tweeted repeatedly about her well thought-out plans for America—from being the first to draft a comprehensive Coronavirus response to coming up with an achievable, multi-stage path to Medicare-for-all America can get behind and can pay for. Her biggest strength is policy.
3/ I've tweeted on many occasions about how she's the least scripted, most dynamic speaker in the race—you get from her a response to whatever is being asked at the moment, and an answer that sounds like it comes from a human being, not consultants or established talking points.
4/ I'm *glad* she fulfilled her duty by sitting as a juror during impeachment—even as it cost her a win or second-place finish in Iowa. And when the media "made Amy happen" in New Hampshire and it cost Warren a top-3 finish, she handled it with grace and a never-say-die attitude.
5/ All America watched media methodically destroy (by inattention) a series of candidates who weren't old white men—Harris, Booker, Buttigieg, O'Rourke, others—even as it was "mystified" at the age/race of the remaining candidates. We've seen the same thing attempted with Warren.
6/ Now we've entered a new phase of things: even as media tells us that *no one* will get a majority of pledged delegates, it demands that everyone but two old white men drop out of the race. And it's done so by misstating (or ignoring) the polling for one of the two women left.
7/ Below is what Warren's polling looked liked *before* Buttigieg dropped out. Many of those fifth-place polls are now fourth-place, which means—based on how delegates are awarded—that Warren may reach the key 15% threshold in more states than anticipated.
8/ But the most concerning thing I've seen this election cycle is the nastiness of so many on social media when it comes to any support for anyone but one's preferred candidate. For instance, it's possible to (as I do) call Biden a good man even as I say I think he's lost a step.
9/ Instead, I see folks saying the most vile things about candidates they don't support—as though you can't (as I do) acknowledge someone is a good person, e.g. that Sanders is a *good person*, even as you argue that Democrats need a unifying candidate who still energizes people.
10/ So my pinned tweet acknowledges what needs to be acknowledged: that Sanders and Biden are good people; that the media has made historic candidacies harder, not easier, even as it has complained about a too-old, too-white candidate slate; and that America needs *major* change.
11/ Many of the arguments against voting for Warren fall flat, but the worst is the "strategic voting" argument—which says (in a primary where *no one will get a majority of delegates*!) that the only sensible vote is for one of two primary candidates... who won't get a majority.
12/ You want strategy? Here's strategy: Sanders is such an admirable person—I mean that sincerely!—that he's decided to work himself to death for what he believes in. This means his VP pick will be among the most important in U.S. history. But he'll need help on the first ballot.
13/ If Sanders doesn't win on the first ballot—and he won't—his candidacy almost certainly ends. The DNC—sadly—will see to it. But if what FiveThirtyEight predicts will happen happens—that Warren has enough delegates to maybe help him win on the first ballot—it's a new ballgame.
14/ There are many of us who think Warren is a better VP pick for Sanders than {*checks notes*} Nina Turner, especially as Turner would be the VP pick for... a *Sanders who isn't the nominee because he lost on the first ballot*. But a Sanders-Warren first-ballot ticket could win.
15/ I could imagine a historic Sanders candidacy and presidency that enables, in time—due to the health demands of the job making it hard for Sanders to continue beyond a certain point—a historic Warren presidency. To me, that's the best of all possible worlds and I voted for it.
16/ Even if delegates can't switch (or be *released*) on the first ballot (hard to police), Warren may well have enough—if she achieves viability in as many states as she's looking at right now—to help Sanders win on the second ballot. Some Sanders supporters want to poison this.
17/ I was a Sanders supporter in 2016, and admire him as much now as I did then. But a Sanders/Turner ticket *will never happen* because *it won't have the delegates*. Even if it did, it would *lose* in November. So a Sanders presidency followed by a Warren one is what I aim for.
18/ But I *won't* help create a Sanders/Turner ticket, because it'll lose—and I'm pragmatic enough, and know Sanders well enough after supporting him as long as I did—to know he won't pick a sensible VP unless he has no choice. I *also* think Warren would make a better president.
19/ So one thing I really feel like I'm done with is being lectured to about "strategic voting" by those supporting a *good man* who not only has health problems but—according to the experts—may well pick a former Ohio state senator (not U.S. senator) as his VP. That won't work.
20/ Everyone should vote for whomever they like. This feed is just my opinion, and I'll try to show basic respect for yours if you do the same. I think all the Democratic candidates—Bloomberg and Gabbard excepted—are good folks. But I'll vote for the American future *I* dream of.
PS/ When you unfollow someone because they offer an opinion you disagree with, the final judgment you are executing is on *yourself*, not the person whose opinion was so odious—simply by virtue of *disagreeing with yours*—you had to excise it from your life forever. My two cents.
NOTE/ Because some are asking, *yes*, the experts *also* say Sanders could pick...Gabbard. And if that sounds good to you, vote for Sanders straight up. If it doesn't, vote for Warren so that she can negotiate with Sanders being his running mate—and eventually the U.S. President.
