'Ready For Warren' Has Its Head In The Wrong Game

[Pryderi]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/ready-for-warren-state-legislatures

I'm a big fan of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). I rooted for her appointment to lead the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, cursed Senate Republicans when it become clear that appointment wouldn't happen, celebrated her victory over Scott Brown, and have watched Upworthy videos of her grilling bankers in committee hearings countless times. I've also never been a fan of Hilary Clinton's foreign policy hawkishness, her default to corporate interests over the well-being of marginalized communities, or her coziness with Rupert Murdoch.

Living in the proverbial This Town, most of my friends are also Good Liberal Political Strategists, and many of them are excited about the prospects of Warren challenging Clinton for the Democratic nomination in 2016. Some have even donned "Elizabeth Warren for President" T-shirts to hand out rally signs bearing the same slogan.

But when someone tells me that they are Ready for Warren, I ask them, "Who is your state senator*?"

[Romulox]

1. That was really poorly argued and written. Just a spin on the "inevitable" meme. nt

[el_bryanto]

2. The points well taken i guess

but that commits us to Hillary Clinton style centrism for at least another 5 years - or until some real gerrymandering reform is passed. And frankly it could last as long as another generation.

I think it also downplays the possibility of a transformational presidential campaign - I don't know if Warren is that candidate - but we might well need another Roosevelt - someone who can change America's perceptions.

Bryant

[vi5]

3. Last night on The Simpsons

One of their flash forward, futuristic episodes:

Nelson: Yeah, my mom's been struggling since they did away with Social Security.

Bart: I can't believe that passed in a Senate with 99 Democrats!

Nelson: Yeah, that 1 Republican really knows how to get his way.



That about sums my feelings up on this article and our situation as a whole.

[djean111]

4. That is sort of how I see a Clinton coronation.

Sometimes I do think the Clintons see themselves as a continuation of the Roosevelts.