Warren's Display of Backbone Threatens Career as Democrat

By Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker

16 December 14

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The article below is satire. Andy Borowitz is an American comedian and New York Times-bestselling author who satirizes the news for his column, "The Borowitz Report."

hat some insiders are calling a �rash display of backbone� last week could endanger Senator Elizabeth Warren�s career as a Democrat, leading party operatives say.

Harland Dorrinson, a strategist who has guided the campaigns of dozens of Democratic candidates, said that the Massachusetts legislator�s �recklessly truthful� tirade about banks left him �smacking my head.�

�She stood up for what she believed in and didn�t try to water it down,� he said. �That is a serious violation of the Democratic playbook.�

�Whenever you�re talking about banks or Wall Street, it�s crucial that a Democrat sound as indistinguishable from a Republican as possible,� he said. �Apparently, Elizabeth Warren didn�t get the memo.�

The strategist said that Warren could possibly salvage her career as a Democrat if her advisers dissuade her from further outbursts of integrity in the future.

�There�s still hope for her,� he said. �But someone needs to sit her down and say, �We are the party of Dukakis, the party of Mondale. This is not how we roll.� �