Rate Elizabeth Warren's speech

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I'd say 8.

[J. J.]

Forgettable.  Ironically, booing God and Jerusalem was more memorable.

[Lief 🗽]

In before the right-wing misogynists...

I'd give it a 7 or 8, like I gave Castro's speech. 

[NHI]

A terrible speech. No passion, unlikable. Scott Brown's got this one in the bag.

[5280]

A terrible speech. No passion, unlikable. Scott Brown's got this one in the brown bag.

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[Kaine for Senate '18]

7.  Solid, but not spectacular.

[DrScholl]

She got a great response. It was a 9 simply for the fact that she called Romney out on his "corporations are people" nonsense. She also didn't try to be someone that she's not. Massachusetts is still a blue state, Republicans would be wise to remember that before declaring Scott Brown unbeatable.

[pepper11]

Guys you are struggling to defend this......terrible

[GLPman]

Warren is far from a good candidate. The only reason she received the nomination is because she ran in Massachusetts, where the Democratic Party is comparable to a circus. Her speech proved that she isn't anything special.

[後援会]

Awful. Just reinforces the perception that she's too leftist and scary even for Massachusetts.

And I was actually expecting her to give a very good speech. I had high expectations for the accomplished professor. But those expectations didn't materialize.

2.

[Peeperkorn]

Boring and unnecessary, 3/10. Brown will win easily.

[Maxwell]

Boring and unnecessary, 3/10. Brown will win easily.

[bgwah]

6. Okay, but not the game changer she needed.

[Miles]

8. Overall, very good, but she used some phrases that she's been using repeatedly before that seemed stale to me (e.g, "the ragged edge of the middle class" or "army of lobbyists"). I guess I've been following her campaign, so I noticed that more than others would.

[Statesman]

I thought it was excellent and blunt. If I lived in Massachusetts, I'd be proud to vote for her.

[CultureKing]

Forgettable.  Ironically, booing God and Jerusalem was more memorable.

[J. J.]

I doubt if "a" speech will swing the election.

[Eraserhead]

Damn, you people are hard to please. I'd give it a solid 8/10.

[Averroës Nix]

Six. It wasn't a bad speech, but I'm surprised that she's remained so overrated by liberals despite her lackluster campaign in MA. She's just not a great politician; I'm sure that there are many prominent Democrats (many of them women) who could have done better.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

[Brittain33]

I didn't see it, but the only way Warren wins is on Obama's coattails, obviously.

Brown got the same number of votes in his high-turnout special election in 2010 as McCain got in the Presidential election in 2008. He's going to hold all those votes. He's going to have win over a lot of Obama voters (a few hundred thousand) who are only turning out for the presidential election. It's possible but it's what gives me hope.

[J. J.]

I didn't see it, but the only way Warren wins is on Obama's coattails, obviously.

Brown got the same number of votes in his high-turnout special election in 2010 as McCain got in the Presidential election in 2008. He's going to hold all those votes. He's going to have win over a lot of Obama voters (a few hundred thousand) who are only turning out for the presidential election. It's possible but it's what gives me hope.

Honestly, I think you are reading too much into one speech.  I can count the number of times that a speech change the course of an election.  It was almost always the candidate saying something incredibly stupid, and Warren didn't say anything incredibly stupid.

[sentinel]

Eh, she disappoints me quite often. I give it a 5. I'm really not impressed by her candidacy. I think Brown is going to pull off a win.

[Brittain33]

I didn't see it, but the only way Warren wins is on Obama's coattails, obviously.

Brown got the same number of votes in his high-turnout special election in 2010 as McCain got in the Presidential election in 2008. He's going to hold all those votes. He's going to have win over a lot of Obama voters (a few hundred thousand) who are only turning out for the presidential election. It's possible but it's what gives me hope.

Honestly, I think you are reading too much into one speech.  I can count the number of times that a speech change the course of an election.  It was almost always the candidate saying something incredibly stupid, and Warren didn't say anything incredibly stupid.

Oh, I'm not according this speech much significance at all. I think anyone who watched it, already knows if they're voting for her or not. What for me is unknowable is the hearts and minds of those people who would push Brown from 49% to as high as 54% while voting for Obama and what would motivate them. Whatever it is, she doesn't have it in her.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

6

Obviously she is far left, so her speech did what it was designed to do. Nothing real memorable and she definitely will not gain any votes from it.