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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Elizabeth Warren to be keynote speaker for AFL-CIO
12/4/2014
...Warren has repeatedly said she isnt running for president. But her strong support among progressives has made her a wished-for Democratic 2016 candidate, and she has made clear she plans to continue to shape the debate about the partys economic priorities.
(Also on POLITICO: Clinton has met with potential campaign managers)
Richard Trumka, the AFL-CIO president who told the New York Times after the Democrats disastrous midterms that he hopes to see Hillary Clinton run on a platform focused on raising wages and that she wont cater to Wall Street, praised Warren in a statement.
Elizabeth Warren is a true champion of working people with the right vision and leadership to keynote this critical summit, he said. Senator Warren knows how to protect Main Street from Wall Street, fight for jobs and rebuild the American Dream. She has a defined set of values and unlike many politicians, she actually sticks by those and fights to implement them. Thats exactly what this summit is all about.
Democratic strategists say the party needs a focused, clear message to appeal to the middle class and that the midterm election results show how far the party has strayed from speaking to those voters. The issue of stalled middle-class wages is expected to dominate the economic discussion during the 2016 campaign.
The purpose of the summit is to focus on wage-elevating strategies.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/elizabeth-warren-afl-cio-113317.html
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Autumn
(45,042 posts)Please cross post this in our EW group.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)I reposted
I guess that's a courtesy thing here, Autumn, to not take another's post & repost it? (it wouldn't bother me)
Autumn
(45,042 posts)but I do like to ask first. And it's wonderful to have all the posts on her in one place just on the off chance she will see just how much we need her and decide to run for President.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)You can repost my posts anytime you want to!!
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)She has proven over and over and over again that Wall Street is a much bigger priority than labor. When is labor going to wake up? How long are they going to hope a Democrat will fight for labor? When will they put their support behind someone with a track record of fighting for labor?
Autumn
(45,042 posts)Compare "he hopes to see Hillary Clinton run on a platform focused on raising wages and that she wont cater to Wall Street,
to what he said about Liz
Elizabeth Warren is a true champion of working people with the right vision and leadership to keynote this critical summit, he said. Senator Warren knows how to protect Main Street from Wall Street, fight for jobs and rebuild the American Dream. She has a defined set of values and unlike many politicians, she actually sticks by those and fights to implement them."