Elizabeth Warren is still the key for Democrats

[progressoid]

Is Sen. Bernie Sanders inevitable? Not exactly. I do see him continuing to rise. But if he pulls in up to 30,000 in Oregon and Los Angeles during the long hot summer and wows them at the Iowa State Fair, it does not mean he will go all the way to the White House. It does however, mean that the world, our world, is changing fast.

The race to 2016 is certainly led by two mavericks, Sanders and the eternal egotist Donald Trump. This is the way the world begins again. Say goodbye to Bill and Hillary Clinton. Say goodbye to Jeb, George and family. The Eastern Establishment today, pressing them forward beyond their times, recalls the record industry in the early Sixties pushing Perry Como and Andy Williams when the Beatles had landed.

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Similarly, Democrats face a great awakening ahead as the old water carriers are sent off to the wax museum of time past and forgotten. Sanders leads the way. But there is something missing from this picture. Where is the Democrats' own Fiorina? That surely is Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She is now and has been, since the first time she appeared in the public limelight, the new and sparkling visionary, bristling with animation, who will bring liberals forward.

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Conservatives, thanks to The Donald, have already left the Bush nostalgicos behind. They are ahead of the Democrats in this. The Democrats, as quickly as possible, need to put the past behind them and that past, fraught with discord, malfeasance and corruption, is the Clintons. Then start again with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Warren is the key. For the Democrats' future, she is the key to everything.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/251452-elizabeth-warren-is-still-the-key-for-democrats

[tularetom]

1. Hard to argue with that

[KansDem]

2. I agree...

[progressoid]

4. I'd actually rather have her as senate minority leader

I think she could do a lot more in the senate unless Bernie would give her more power as a VP

[NowSam]

3. I think She is waiting for Clinton to fold.

If Clinton folds or loses to Bernie she will be happy to say yes to Sanders/Warren 2016. I have to say I love the ring of that.

Great post, btw. Thanks for the hope that Jeb's time has passed!

[ruffburr]

5. absolutely-

Elizabeth Warren would be the most obvious choice for VP with Bernie , One can hope at least

[Qutzupalotl]

6. I agree that they align ideologically,

and if they weren't both sitting senators, I'd be all for it. As it stands, we need a comfortable majority in the Senate, and we're already losing one if we nominate my first choice, Sanders. I'd hate to lose two for next cycle.

BTW, Warren is one of the most effective senators I've ever seen, even in her short time in office.

[Hydra]

7. If Senator Warren was running, I think it would be no contest

She'd already be in the WH, figuratively speaking. That said, We need people in the Senate like her doing the heavy lifting. That's our weakest point, and she's shoring it up.