Many experts consider Elizabeth Warren uniquely qualified to be President of the United States. In autumn 2019, her polling numbers made her a frontrunner to be the Democratic Party’s nominee. And yet, as actual voting came closer, her odds dropped like a stone. How did that happen? An excellent analysis in The New York Review of Books.

From Weekly Filet #292, in March 2020.

Elizabeth Warren in the trap

Elizabeth Warren in the trap

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