Elizabeth Warren: I'm not "Ready for Warren"

[IceSpear]

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https://theweek.com/speedreads/index/266928/speedreads-elizabeth-warren-officially-rejects-the-ready-for-warren-2016-activist-group

[Free Bird]

Won't stop people from bringing her up

[Matty]

Absolutely amazing that I am only the second person to post in this thread. Why do people refuse to just let go of a Warren run?

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Absolutely amazing that I am only the second person to post in this thread. Why do people refuse to just let go of a Warren run?

Obama in 2006

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[Mr. Morden]

Absolutely amazing that I am only the second person to post in this thread. Why do people refuse to just let go of a Warren run?

Obama in 2006

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Right.  But in general, people who say "I'll decide on whether to run for president early next year" are far more likely to run than those who publicly rule it out.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Absolutely amazing that I am only the second person to post in this thread. Why do people refuse to just let go of a Warren run?

Obama in 2006

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Right.  But in general, people who say "I'll decide on whether to run for president early next year" are far more likely to run than those who publicly rule it out.

In January 2006, he completely ruled it out. It was only in October that he reopened the door a bit.

[BlueSwan]

Obama might have been genuine in early 2006. I mean it seemed like SUCH an incredible long shot for a first term senator, but then the buzz just grew and grew and he decided to go for it. Not implausible.

Also, despite what some people say, Hillary did not seem as inevitable in 2006 as she does in 2014.

I genuinely don't believe that Warren has any inclination to run.

[Mr. Morden]

Absolutely amazing that I am only the second person to post in this thread. Why do people refuse to just let go of a Warren run?

Obama in 2006

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Right.  But in general, people who say "I'll decide on whether to run for president early next year" are far more likely to run than those who publicly rule it out.

In January 2006, he completely ruled it out. It was only in October that he reopened the door a bit.

I know.  Obama's one example of someone who completely ruled it out, and then "changed his mind".  Others have done so as well.  What I'm saying is that, in general, people who claim that they're thinking about it are far more likely to end up running than those who rule it out.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Obama might have been genuine in early 2006. I mean it seemed like SUCH an incredible long shot for a first term senator, but then the buzz just grew and grew and he decided to go for it. Not implausible.

Also, despite what some people say, Hillary did not seem as inevitable in 2006 as she does in 2014.

I genuinely don't believe that Warren has any inclination to run.

You never know when a 6.1 political earthquake will hit, just like California got hit just now.

[IceSpear]

Absolutely amazing that I am only the second person to post in this thread. Why do people refuse to just let go of a Warren run?

Obama in 2006

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Right.  But in general, people who say "I'll decide on whether to run for president early next year" are far more likely to run than those who publicly rule it out.

Not to mention ruling it out in Jan '14 and ruling it out in Aug '14 are entirely different beasts. Most people would've at least cracked the window open by now and started laying some groundwork. The only way I see Warren running is if Hillary sits it out.

[Beet]

jfern, you're forgetting that Obama is a career politician with an incredible entitlement mentality.

Warren never ran for political office until she was 62 years old. You need an obsession for power to run for president, and Warren just doesn't have it. She cares about the issues, I'm not sure she cares for the daily rough and tumble of politics.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Yeah, Warren was angling for an insider regulatory job in Washington, not an elected position, until that was derailed.

[nolesfan2011]

I don't want her to run because she's a fraudulent progressive and a fraudulent anti-Hillary candidate, with her out of the way she won't suck all the anti-Clinton air out of the primary room. Leave room for Schweitzer, Sanders or someone else

[Maxwell]

Warren wouldn't really be running against the main criticism for Hillary anyway. Hillary may not be economically leftist enough, but that doesn't matter when her foreign policy is worse. Warren is an economic leftist warrior (with the exception of the estate tax), but her foreign policy is not only barely existent, but what exists of it puts her in Hillary range. A real challenge to Hillary would be able to challenge her on the foreign policy.

[Person Man]

I imagine how the midterms turn out will be more consequential than you imagine. Some people say that Republicans fall short yet again. Others say that Republicans will win more seats than they have at one sitting since at least 1994. I think this election's momentum will carry more than 1986, 1994 or 1998 and by more like 2006, 1966 or 1918. McConnell has a very ambitious agenda and if he has the political capital to make it work, it will, if he barely wins the senate (especially by picking off AK or NC), he may overextend and set up a 2000-type situation.