Reply #25: From the article, Keller said they disagreed, not Warren

[karynnj]

It does not sound like she was asked if she and Kerry disagree, but that Keller inferred both their positions and saw a contradiction. Her comments actually nearly the same - note the word "biggest" That, in and of itself, means that like Kerry, she is not "taking cuts off the table". Not to mention, Kerry has always said this is a question of values.

I don't intend to make a similar comment in the main threads as Warren and Kerry are in different positions. As an elected Senator, on the committee, he has a responsibility to be doing pretty much what he is doing. He also seems to be speaking a bit more, but is clearly restraining himself, perhaps because if it becomes a public war of words, both sides will go to their far corners and whatever fragment of hope there is - ragged as it is - is gone. Warren is running for office and she can - as Kerry did in 2004 - take positions that are not what he hopes he can get out of the committee, but his personal view of what should be done if it were just up to him.

I also agree that Kerry is far more concerned about the programs that serve the poor being cut. Those automatic cuts are very likely why he is on the committee at all. I may be wrong, but I really do not see Congress preventing them if the supercommittee fails. I suspect that Keller etc are trying to position Warrens image far to the left and will try to push the perception of Kerry to agreeing with Brown - presumably to make Warren look like the one out of sync.