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Robin Abcarian: Elizabeth Warren changed the presidential landscape for women. Why couldn't she go all the way?

Elizabeth Warren may not have succeeded in her race for the Democratic nomination, but she certainly did not fail.

Among other achievements, Warren single-handedly smashed the gilded candidacy of former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg. He had spent hundreds of millions of dollars before he stepped onto the debate stage in Nevada, and right into Warren's righteous buzz saw.

"I'd like to talk about who we're running against - a billionaire who calls women 'fat broads' and 'horse-faced lesbians,'" said Warren, right

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