Warren Visits Attleboro, Vows to Fight For Middle Class
Elizabeth Warren said she hopes to put up a strong fight in Southeastern Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Warren (D - Cambridge) was sure to make one thing clear during her visit to Attleboro Tuesday afternoon.
The Democratic candidate in the U.S. Senate race doesn't plan on surrendering Southeastern Massachusetts to Republican incumbent Scott Brown, a Wrentham native.
"Not a chance," she said. "Let me tell you why I’m not conceding this area to Scott Brown: Any place where hard working families are trying to build a future for their kids is a place I’m not conceding."
Warren, who is the front-runner in a primary that includes Salem attorney Marisa DeFranco and Dover Attorney Jim King, met with manufacturing workers at Rika Denshi America before meeting with supporters at Morin's Bar and Grille in Attleboro.
The Harvard Law professor touted an agenda that would help the middle class and invest in infrastructure, education and research.
The daughter of a maintenance man, she said she was able to live the American Dream through policies that supported working class families.
"I was drawn into this race because America’s middle class is getting hammered," she said. "That’s why I’m here. I lived the American dream and I worry that the next generation won’t get that same thing."
Her trip to Rika Denshi and her conversation with vice president and general manager Larre Nelson helped re-affirm her support for infrastructure investment and health care reform.
"I just thought it was very interesting," she said. "Ask someone who does manufacturing, and what was the main thing that they're worried about? A lot of it was around infrastructure, but the second thing he turned to was the cost of health care."
With her supporters at Morin's, she answered questions ranging from collective bargaining to conflict in the Middle East.
Warren touched on her disapproval of the state's newly adapted Municipal Health Insurance Reform Act, which enables communities to forego a traditional collective bargaining process with their unions in order to save on health insurance costs.
She said the legislation was "undercutting collective bargaining rights," and it is not a way to "strengthen America's working families."
"I understand the condition municipalities are in, but they shouldn’t be placed in that position," she said. "That’s the wrong place for us to be. [We should be] making the investment that other countries are making in infrastructure."
Rather than making investments in infrastructure, education and research, Warren said the nation has begun to invest in "those who already made it" like oil companies, hedge funds and big companies who ship jobs overseas.
"That's not a question of economics," she said. "It's not a question of finance. It's a question of our values and that's why I'm running."
The Democrat will have her work cut out for her against Brown.
A recent Suffolk University/7News poll showed a 9-point advantage for Brown, and a 60-40 advantage for Brown amongst Independent voters.
In 2010 against Democratic nominee Martha Coakley, the Wrentham Republican captured virtually every community in southeastern Massachusetts, with the exception of Democratic strongholds like Brockton, New Bedford, Fall River, and lower Cape Cod.
Brown won Attleboro by nearly 30 percentage points, 64-36.
Brown also has an advantage in fundraising. While Warren had approximately $6.1 million in filings at the end of the fourth quarter of 2011, Brown had more than twice that - nearly $13 million, according to the Boston Globe.
Warren said that despite trailing Brown in fundraising, she hopes to out battle him on the ground.
"I'm in Attleboro today because the way to build a campaign is person, to person, to person," she said. "I see this as a grassroots campaign."
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Rika Denshi America
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Morin's Hometown Bar & Grille
16 S Main St, Attleboro, MA
Dylan Peacock
7:19 am on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Warren is only behind Brown in fundraising because Brown's campaign is bankrolled by corporate interests.
paul
8:12 am on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
She's smart, nice and seems honest. I will vote for her for sure. Brown is a liar.
Tisiphone
8:15 am on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Well, here we go again. Another "1 percenter" vowing to stand up for the middle class. Just exactly what does a law professor do to earn a salary of $500,000.00
Dylan, investigate the numbers. Amost 75% of Warren's contributions are from out of state.
Richard W. Lunt
4:34 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
She's just another one of those left wing liberal l wackos who will say anything to get elected. The fact of the matter is, Elizabeth Warren is a bad choice because she will vote to raise everyone's taxes and vote to use that tax money to spend on the illegals just like every left wing liberal democrat politician does. She doesn't care about the middle class. Scott Brown, however does care about all sectors of working folks and that includes the top 1 percent, the middle class, and the working poor which is why he gets my vote. Scott Brown understands local business and how difficult it is to run and grow a business. Scott Brown also understands that corporate taxes are hindering big business and small business ability to grow and create jobs. He also understands the value of what across the board tax cuts will bring... A healthy, robust, economy.
Emcee of Seekonk
7:42 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
I tend to agree. I voted for Scott Brown the last time and have no qualms about voting for him again. We need more Scott Browns in Massachusetts.
ccollins
10:22 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
I agree. I'm a Scott Brown fan too.
Gretchen Robinson
8:20 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
well it didn't take long for the Rightwing assassination squad to show up did it. Tisiphone, when are you going to show your face, and stop hiding. Your nom de plume as the word siphon in it. You siphon extremist off remarks you read elsewhere and post them here. And RWL....the old "tax and spend liberal" nonsense doesn't work anymore. Who built up the deficit: Reagan, Bush I and Bush II...stick to facts and not opinions please.
Tisiphone
4:53 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Gretchen, sorry you don't like my "nom de guerre". Since you have found "siphon" do a little more investigation. TIsipnone is one of the Greek "furies". My favorite, the
"avenger of blood". Although she drove them mad before killing them, you need not fear the latter.
ccollins
10:27 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
At least they spend it on national security and defense––not a constant stream of social programs that keep people dependent on the government. Take a look at RI. It is run by Dems, the state is broke.
Robert P
9:45 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Are you kidding me! You bring up past presidents from more than a decade ago. Typical tax and spend liberal Socialist, everything bad is the fault of those evil republicans. The current president has done more damage than anyone in our history. You want facts, okay here's one. Forty cents of every dollar this country spends is borrowed money. Hope and change. Your am idiot.
Robert P
9:50 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Oh and by the way, Ms. Warren is well how do you say LOADED! You really think she "one of us"? God it's really true, the ultra-libbies in MA, RI ARE that dumb.
Gretchen Robinson
9:53 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
hate speech, you indict yourselves. Anyone reading your rants will know you for who you are.
ccollins
10:29 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
"hate speech" is typical liberal lingo for something they don't agree with . . . . .
Robert P
9:54 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The definition of an idiot is someone who does the same thing over and over again, each time expecting a different result. Welcome to NE, home of the country's biggest idiots.
Tisiphone
5:30 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
"Welcome to NE, home of the country's biggest idiots."
My family is largely from Virginia, and I have a place in North Carolina. One result of Senator Ted's death is that I no longer have to listen to the humor at his (and my) expense. They all thought we were crazy. At a recent industrial auction I met some riggers from Alabama. After some Southern talk "how many of you died at Gettysburg", "how old is your cemetary", etc. We became friends. He mentioned two things that surprised him. Strangers offered him beer rather than lemonade (you never know who's a Baptist) and he met some Republicans. That is our reputation.
Robert P
10:00 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Hate speech? FORTY CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR IS BORROWED! Do you even get that? Do you understand what that means? Our kids are so, so screwed and you and yours are so blind you don't see it. Shame on ALL OF US for what we have done!
Robert P
10:05 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
One last thing, travel around the country and talk to people. We (MA/RI) are the most hated people in the country. FACT! Your ultra-liberal socialist views are exactly the reason.
deb
10:17 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
IMO, Senator Brown should be given the opportunity to continue on and serve for a full term. He has made missteps and sometimes seems a bit naive when dealing with his Democratic colleagues. But nothing earth shattering.
As for Ms. Warren. I must confess I am very skeptical of the agenda coming out of academia.
Emcee of Seekonk
7:47 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Just watching Warren makes me nervous. Let's no go the way of RI.
ccollins
10:31 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
I agree! I'm in Mass., because RI is falling a part!
paul
8:17 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
The first and only thing Scott Brown has done was to promote his book. This is Massachusetts, Warren will win back the seat.
deb
8:35 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
She's overshadowed all the other prospective Democrats in the field. Maybe you're correct. I hope not.
Emcee of Seekonk
8:40 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
There are as many Unenrolled/Independent voters in Massachusetts as there are Republican and Democrats combined. They tend to vote Democrat, but it doesn't have to be that way... hence Scott Brown. A breath of fresh air.
ccollins
10:40 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
I like his new bill. The "Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act." It will keep Congress from pulling out of stocks or trading stocks when they are privy to nonpublic knowledge of the stock. Some senators and congressmen pulled their personal money out of certain stocks prior to the downturn, because they had info the public was not aware of at the time.
Robert P
9:44 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
I apologize for the personal attack on you Gretchen. It was late, I was tired, and quite frankly, your post just pushed my buttons. I am all for free, intelligent debate. But when I see someone from the left blame the past mistakes on just the right, and use it as an excuse why the current left hasn't or isn't doing the job they were elected to do, I get a bit touchy. Do get me wrong, I am not a Sen. Brown supporter, IMO he is a republican in name only. However, that doesn't mean we take a step backwards. Warren is absolutely NOT the answer! I find it hard to believe that people actually believe the rhetoric that she spews. It is sickening. Again Gretchen, I apologize for the personal attack, it was wrong. We can simply agree to disagree. I might hate your views, but I love the passion.
Robert P
9:52 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
This all really shows not just mine, but I think everyone's frustrations with politicos. Regardless of which side you're on, it's just so, so sickening to make your choice on voting day the lesser of two evils. Quite frankly, I'm tired of it. I want so much to just walk away, but my sense of civic duty won't let me. Quitting makes you part of the problem and not the solution.
Richard W. Lunt
11:03 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Gretchen,
Look at the facts, the unemployment rate during the Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II was 4 or 5 percent. Compare that to under your guy Barack Obama, fact, the unemployment rate is close to 10 percent and that's not counting the amount of Americans who gave up looking for work and if you factor in those people, the unemployment rate is higher than 9 or 10 percent, and somewhere I read it's closer to 36 percent if you count everyone. You talk about Reagan, Bush I Bush II and I will even add Clinton in there. People had jobs and the economy was robust. It wasn't until 2006 when Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and the liberal socialist left took back control of the house and senate that the economy began its downturn and we've never recovered. It's because of the tax and spend liberal socialist policies of Reid, Pelosi, and President Obama that we're in this mess, they don't care about the middle class, they only care about spending our money on giving free handouts to the illegals. At least the Republicans have the majority in congress and can block some of these measures that have ruined our economy.
Fact Checker
2:29 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Gretchen:
I have posted here before to you that if anyone can show me that either party is correct for a period of time, I will join that party. I also stated that, in my opinion, extremist positions, regardless of the side of the aisle they are on, are at the root of the problem with the two party system. To support those earlier statements, I will point out that the only thing missing from Mr. Lunt's posting is the copyright from the radical right playbook.
If it were possible to definitively place the cause of the current recession on any one thing or any series of things, the world would have a user's manual to avoid repeating the problem. Do any of you believe that is the case? There is blame on both sides. There is blame on citizens who overbought. There is blame on financial institutions. There is blame all around.
Mr. Lunt: open your eyes to reality.
Tisiphone
5:12 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
When considering past presidents,it is well to remember that "the times make the president". They would like to claim that they "make the times", and we seek to believe them. Neither Hoover,nor FDR, gave us the the Great Depression. FDR did not seem able to relieve it, credit for that must go to Messrs Tojo and Hitler.
When considering things such as the current mortgage mess, one must ask "where was the government" before the blow up? Surely every one knew that the situation was crazy, and we had the very recent lesson of Japan's experience of the 90's. Tokyo was mortgaged for more than the entire United States. Most of their large banks toppled,they have yet to recover.
Was I the only one to hear mortgage brokers exclaim "Everything we are doing was illegal in '91"? No, everyone was doing well, housewives were "flipping" houses, a second mortgage (before they became "equity loans) to purchase a car was "tax wisdom", no one wanted to see the elephant in the room,
Buck Farack
4:23 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20220223liz_seeing_stars_tinseltown_to_toast_prof/srvc=home&position=0
Richard W. Lunt
5:07 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Fact Checker,
You should check your facts more carefully. The cause of the recession is because of the liberal left tax and spend policies. In other words to make it simple for you, the democrats were spending our money like drunken sailors at least until the republicans took control of congress in 2010. Since then there has been an effort on behalf of the Republicans in Washington to reign in spending which is a good thing. Extending the Bush tax cuts is also a key method to ensure the economic recovery. What will hurt the economy is problems such as high gas prices, and if the prices reach as high as $5.00 a gallon, the economic recovery is doomed. You also talk about the financial institutions? Yes they are partly to blame as well. During the Clinton years, the banks were lending to people who were non credit worthy such as people who work on a McDonalds salary who would never be able to repay these loans, and guess what happens years later???? Gee the banks needed a bailout didn't they??? No thanks to the liberal left Clinton administration policies. The financial institutions were being pressured to do this by the liberal left Clinton administration at that time. Again, in my opinion, I will put the blame on the poor economy on the tax and spend liberal left wackos in Washington. The moral of the story here is don't trust people such as Elizabeth Warren, she's another one of those tax and spend liberal left wackos.
nucky thomson
1:24 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
right on right on mr, lunt
nucky thomson
1:23 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
warren is a markxist/progressive and is part of problems of this state and nation, she will be more of the same if she gets in. she is a total statist- big government problem maker, with out constitutional values!
Tisiphone
10:30 am on Sunday, February 26, 2012
Do you suppose there is anything "subliminal" in the fact that the photo shows her shaking hands with a city worker?
Bill K.
5:09 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012
Putting lipstick on this Carpetbagger doesn't make her more attractive. Warren specifically moved to Ma. at the urging of the DNC (Democratic National Committee) to run against Sen Brown. The DNC wants their beloved Teddy Kennedy seat (the people's seat) back. Guess what...we "ain't giving it back" since it was our's in the first place!!
Tisiphone
5:59 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012
Bill, I just looked up her biography( http://www.biography.com/people/elizabeth-warren-20670753?page=1 ) it may be unfair to call her a carpetbagger. She moved here because her second husband got a job at Harvard Law. It is a little sketchy on details, except that she practiced law out of her living room. She then "took an interest" in consumer finance. Somehow, unstated, she got a few political appointments. Seems an odd qualification to be added to the Harvard Law School faculty. My best info is that she currently draws a salary over $500K. Unusually high salaries for college faculty usually indicate that they are drawing in significant grants, they basically get a cut. Not sure how she might be doing that.
She opposed the most recent bankruptcy reform, but so did everyone else. As Barney Frank explained to the Bar Association, it is a bad law, "but it is bought and paid for". In the end, it passed with an overwhelming majority in both houses. So, "purchase" seems reasonable. She argued against it because the overwhelming number of bankruptcies result from job loss, divorce, or illness. All things that everyone, who cared to know, knew. So not exactly a triumph for her. Seems odd she was then appointed to oversee portions of TARP. There is some sort of sub rosa activity here.
paul
5:51 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
I think she's sincere and wants to help the folks in this area. She doesn't care about a few rogue, disgruntled Tea Party voters that can't make up their minds. Massachusetts citizens will vote her in by a landslide.
deb
9:56 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
paul: Your opinion of Warren could easily be applied to Scott Brown, as well. In either case, this is not how we should be choosing people to represent our interests in Washington.
Emcee of Seekonk
7:11 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tisiphone: "There is some sort of sub rosa activity here."
Indeed. A Democratic puppet... a coveted vote in the Senate. The best they could find, I guess.
Emcee of Seekonk
7:14 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
paul: "Massachusetts citizens will vote her in by a landslide."
You mean like we voted in Martha Coakley? What do you take us for? A bunch of dumbbells?
paul
8:27 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Well yes, Massachusetts voters kept Barney Frank in for 30+ yrs even after they found out he hooked his boyfriend up with a Fannie Mae job.
Emcee of Seekonk
9:36 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
That would never discourage a liberal. Plus, it's all about the bigger picture... control of Congress. What these guys do, don't do or promise to do matters very little, the DNC just keeps pouring money into Massachusetts. Trust me, none of this is about the plight of the working class. Soon, if we have $10 to spare, we can decide on whether to buy a gallon of gas or a loaf of bread.
Bah !! A pox on all of them.
deb
10:05 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
"The bigger picture". I can't wrap my mind around what that will look like
If this federal health insurance mandate stands all the judicial tests, what's next? Perhaps a higher education mandate?
Emcee of Seekonk
11:23 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Ah... a higher education mandate. A well educated unemployed work force, that's what we need... to live in those little encampments on public land. They can while away the time discussing the unfairness of it all.
deb
12:33 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Onwards and upwards to the "Brave New World":(
Tisiphone
2:27 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
"what's next? Perhaps a higher education mandate?"
Perhaps you haven't been watching, the emphasis is now on "training". The Democrats have discovered that a capable welder, capenter, plumber, electrician, etc, can make a pretty good living. A serious question, how many mathematicans do we really need?
deb
2:42 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Thanks for enlightening me as to what the democrat's claim to have discovered during this election cycle.
pablo
2:33 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Elizabeth Warren is starting to scare George Orwell.
Robert P
2:37 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
AWESOME comment Pablo! Can I use that?
Check this out; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px6z3LDpc3U&context=C33c4730ADOEgsToPDskK6MhIv_xbP5EWGpxGr5dSO
Pretty scary hey dude