Identity Politics Didn’t Work for Warren, Either

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who helped create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in Cambridge, Mass., on March 3, 2020. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

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Was being a woman Elizabeth Warren’s problem? That’s the wrong question. Here’s a better question: Was playing the protector of all damsels from that infamous rake, Mike Bloomberg, her problem? It was one of them, for certain.