The American people don't want a revolution despite Elizabeth Warren's sounds of alarm for...

[Omaha Steve]

The American people don't want a revolution despite Elizabeth Warren's sounds of alarm for the middle class


U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11337574/The-American-people-dont-want-a-revolution-despite-Elizabeth-Warrens-sounds-of-alarm-for-the-middle-class.html

Populist senator warns of end of American dream but middle classes aren’t ready for revolution, writes Peter Foster in Washington

By Peter Foster, Washington8:20AM GMT 11 Jan 2015

Ideological splits among Republicans have been part of the fun of the American political fair for more than 50 years now, but what of potential divisions on the Left?

When Barack Obama departs the White House in 2016, the question already being asked is whether Democrats will now suffer the same kind of upheaval that the Tea Party inflicted on Republicans after George W. Bush left office in 2008.

Last week in Washington DC it was possible to hear the opening shots of what some left-wing Democrats hope will become a similarly fierce fight for the ideological soul of their own party.

They were fired by Elizabeth Warren, a banker-bashing Massachusetts senator who has been a darling the American Left ever since the financial crisis when she championed the rights of let-down consumers over the bailed-out bankers.

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[riderinthestorm]

1. Great article. Thanks for posting. nt

[Thinkingabout]

2. Do you really think Warren is advocating for a TP movement in the DNC?

That would be wishing for failure to elect a Democrat president in 2016 and perhaps take the Senate back. Can't imagine anything good coming out of a revolution except for the GOP, Rove would get his wish.

[MannyGoldstein]

3. I remember when everyone knew that Warren was too Liberal to beat Scott Brown

People weren't ready to unseat a popular moderate.

And here we are.

Now Hillary's minions doing whatever they can to plug the holes in their crumbling sea wall, hoping to grab some more loot from the 99%.

Enough is enough.

[freshwest]

4. Clinton, like it or not, has always had a following in Labor.

[RiverLover]

7. That's why AFL-CIO asked Clinton to be their keynote speaker. Oh wait, they asked Warren.

Nevermind.

[marmar]

9. Seems more and more these days that labor's ready to unhitch that wagon, though.

It's been pretty much a zero-sum game for Labor since '92.

[Douglas Carpenter]

5. analysis from the Toryagraph

[RiverLover]

6. Yep, everyone is content & loves the status quo in the US. Thanks to the Brit who let us know!! nt

[Scuba]

8. Spin alert! Nobody's calling for a revolution, least of all Elizabeth Warren.

Should work to get fearful old white men to the polls, though.