As President, will Elizabeth Warren get rid of

[MannyGoldstein]

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	Yes, Pres. Warren will show Clapper the door
	12 (75%)
	No, Pres. Warren will retain this excellent civil servant
	0 (0%)
	@#$& Glenn Greenwald
	0 (0%)
	Manny, one more time: she won't run and/or can't win
	2 (13%)
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[daleanime]

1. Disclaimer: my vote only reflects my hopes....

like always.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. My rune and tarot readings pretty much

guarantee that President Warren will dump him.

There is some uncertainty, however, on the issue of whether it will be Joe Stiglitz or Paul Krugman at Treasury.

[MisterP]

17. *shakes alethiometer* "whaddya mean, apple-bread-apple-compasses?!"

[mwrguy]

2. Any new president is likely to appoint their own

[rhett o rick]

12. In theory yes, in practice no. It's not a coincidence that the last three presidents seem to appoint

the same people. That's because those people are entrenched and the President lacks the power to dislodge them.

[BrotherIvan]

4. Only Republicans can lead the military or intelligence agencies

Silly.

[sheshe2]

5. She is runing?

Must have missed that again and again and again.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Hey, did you see that Mike Capuano's backing Warren for President?!

Looks like Rep. Joe Kennedy's lining up that way, too.

Great stuff!

[sheshe2]

7. so she is running?

you got the word? it is now fact even though she has said she is not? when do you take a woman at her word manny?

when does no, not mean no. please give her a break. she loves what she does and is good at it.

[MannyGoldstein]

9. Serious question: Do you like big banks? nt

[sheshe2]

10. Serious question....

Why do you wish her away from focusing on big banks with a run for President? SHE LIKES WHAT SHE DOES! A campaign will take away that focus.

Get real Manny and please don't mess with me tonight. I am tired and sad and miss my family members so recently lost. Holidays...so painful.

[MannyGoldstein]

13. Sorry for your losses.

Let's pick it up again after the holidays.

[JDPriestly]

20. Have you read her book, A Fighting Chance?

I always ask that when people say she isn't running. So far no one who has said she isn't running has told me they have read her book. So I ask whether you have.

[Jim Lane]

8. Good odds she won't have the chance to get rid of him because he'll be gone by then.

My guess is that, sometime in the next two years, he'll be summoned for a chat in the Oval Office, after which he'll decide he needs to spend more time with his family.

[rhett o rick]

11. No one can get rid of him. He out ranks Presidents. The Deep Security State

is more powerful than mere presidents. He lied to Congress because he can.

[MannyGoldstein]

14. The lying to Congress is utterly mind blowing

To a naif like me.

[rhett o rick]

16. If you consider that the president might be out ranked by the Deep State Oligarchy, it is

easy to understand.

[hrmjustin]

15. I don't think she wants to be president.

[Half-Century Man]

18. FWIW

First, I sincerely hope she will move from her current stance; run and be elected as President.
Second (on this post) I hope she would not only remove Clapper, but order an inquest into his perjury to congress at the very least.

[JDPriestly]

19. I don't know her stand on surveillance or Clapper.

When I figure it out, I will post about it if no DUer beats me to it.

[Recursion]

22. The little foreign policy she's talked about has been moderately Hawkish, about like HRC

She's definitely trying to be seen as pro-Israel, and she's never mentioned military spending in the context of fiscal policy as far as I know.

[JDPriestly]

23. We shall see. She can find a running mate who is strong on foreign policy.

Reform within our economy is the most important priority for the US right now. If we don't do something to insure that our educated kids in their 20s through their 40s can buy houses, pay for them before retirement and hold securely to jobs and keep their families together, we will soon realize that we ARE a failed nation.

All our military power will fall apart, be economically difficult to support if we continue with our Main Street, middle class economy of insecurity and poverty brinkmanship while the very rich refuse to pay a fair share of taxes based on their share of the wealth and income, especially increasing income in our country.

There is an economic tension in the country that is destroying the middle class, especially the younger members, the young moms and dads of the middle class. It is a crisis.

Foreign policy is very, very important. But our foreign policy has to be supported by a healthy economy and society in the US. Our leading role in the world is endangered more by the fissures in our own society than by the aggressions and problems in other countries.

I talk to young people a lot. They owe student loans, delay starting families and have no job security in far too many cases. The technology that they enjoy is no substitute for their economically precarious situations. They are living on the precipice. This is why I think that Elizabeth Warren is going to appeal to young people and their parents.

[Recursion]

21. Since she's basically as much of a Hawk as Clinton I don't think there will be much change there

Where did you get the idea that she would do something to rein in the NSA?

[MannyGoldstein]

24. Warren voted against arming "Syrian rebels" to fight ISIS

And recently declined to sign a pandering AIPAC letter.

Just like Clinton?

[Recursion]

25. Israel doesn't want "Syrian rebels" armed either, and she's travelled there

and she specifically said she supported the IDF shelling schools in Gaza

[ucrdem]

26. I thought her bag was banksters?

Why would she go after Clapper? Not that she doesn't have the right to as a senator, but has she made any statements about getting rid of particular intel appointees? For that matter, has she made any statements about jailing any particular bansksters she's eager to prosecute?

[bigwillq]

27. No idea (nt)