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Robin Abcarian: Elizabeth Warren just proved she's the best candidate. Get out of her way

The word has popped up in every dinner conversation I've had the last few months: Electability.

It is the focus of news stories, analyses and so much hand wringing on the Democratic side.

Pundits pore over voting patterns and revisit previous presidential contests looking for signs and portents about what we can expect in 2020.

I say, electability, shmectability.

The only way to judge electability is after an election, not before.

Did it occur to anyone, really, that

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