Heilemann: Elizabeth Warren Feels a ‘Personal Animus’ to Bloomberg

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HEILEMANN: “She says, 'This is personal to me,' and then she tells the story about herself and then she raises that allegation. And I thought it was plain, what was going on there, which was to a large extent, Elizabeth Warren is an incredibly composed debater and she rarely seems to let her emotions get the better of her on the debate stage. And that moment, it did seem like she was telling us the truth, which is that she feels a personal animus toward Bloomberg on this front. She also mentioned not just that personal story in her life in relation to this abortion question, she also mentioned that Bloomberg at some point had backed Scott Brown in her Senate race. And she mentioned it in passing, as she was going through various Republicans who Bloomberg had backed. Those are politically damaging critiques or charges against Bloomberg, facts. But those two things felt to me like they were a key to understanding what is going on with Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bloomberg. There is a personal thing here."