Elizabeth’s Warren moment/MSNBC
I'm a Bernie Sanders supporter but I like Warren's stance.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/elizabeths-warren-moment
Elizabeth Warren is having a moment. After a week that exposed divisions inside the Democratic Party, Warren’s profile has never been higher, both in and outside the Senate. And even though she may have lost this one battle, she’s focused on the war.
On the outside, major progressive groups like MoveOn.org joined the effort to try to draft Warren to run for president, and more than 300 alumni of the Obama campaign signed onto a letter urging the senator to run Friday morning.
But for Warren, the real payoff is most likely inside the Capitol, where the outside pressure and enthusiasm for her help has strengthened her role as a leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic caucus. And this week, she started to flex that muscle unlike ever before.
When Warren entered the Senate, coming off her high-profile 2012 campaign, she disappointed some fans by laying low and following the standard script of the newly-minted rock star senator. “She started off her time in the Senate ripping off a play from former senator Clinton: Keep your head down, attend all your committee hearings, avoid the national press, read the briefing books,” said Jim Manley, a former top aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. “This is the first time that she’s gone so far.”
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