Senator Warren to endorse Clinton, sources say

[left-of-center2012]

Source: Reuters

Senator Elizabeth Warren will soon endorse presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and, while not currently interested in serving as her running mate, has not ruled it out, several sources close to Warren told Reuters.

Advisers to Warren, a fiery critic of Wall Street and a popular figure among progressive Democrats, have been in close contact with Clinton's campaign team and the conversations have increased in frequency in recent weeks, the sources said.

Warren, 66, represents her home state of Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. The sources said that foremost in her thinking is how best to help the Democratic Party defeat the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in the Nov. 8 presidential election and advance issues such as income inequality which top Warren's agenda.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-exclusive-idUSKCN0YU2R8

[riversedge]

1. Now is a good time to do it. Dems have lots of work to do.

[highprincipleswork]

2. Yawn.

[sheshe2]

10. On edit from your sig line.

"Let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free." Langston Hughes

Love him, yet the quote was from the 1800's.

Let me fix that for you.

Let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free."WOMAN" is free."

[SusanCalvin]

31. 1800s?

Uh, not physically possible, although I agree with the sentiment.

https://www.google.com/search?q=langston+hughes+biography&oq=Langston&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0l15&sourceid=silk&ie=UTF-8

[sheshe2]

12. Fixed.

"Let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free." Langston Hughes

Love him, yet the quote was from the 1800's.

Let me fix that for you.

Let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every"WOMAN" is free."

[zentrum]

3. I'm glad she waited.

[Brickbat]

4. Look out for the bus!

[tularetom]

5. Warren as VP = Impeachment insurance for Clinton

[Pastiche423]

15. Huh?

I don't think insurance would work very well.

[SCantiGOP]

36. We need her in the Senate

I don't think she could do as much good at VP as she can in the leadership of a Senate trending towards Progressive.

[midnight]

49. Are you saying if Clinton becomes President, and is impeached, Warren becomes President?

[tularetom]

51. I'm saying Clinton won't be impeached if the R's know it would make Warren president

They're scared of her but they aren't afraid of Clinton.

[midnight]

58. Yes… That makes perfect sense.

[Lil Missy]

60. Yeah, and the moon landing was faked. n/t

[renate]

6. I'm glad she hasn't ruled it out!

I love her to infinity and beyond--it would be so fun to vote for her!

[RufusTFirefly]

7. Here's an early Warren endorsement

https://m.

[FailureToCommunicate]

8. Please don't advocate for our Senator to become the VP pick.

[Chicago1980]

32. Her choice, not yours or ours.

[FailureToCommunicate]

37. Actually, as a voter in Massachusetts, it WAS my choice. Someone gets hired for a job, they

need to fulfill their commitment.

[Chicago1980]

39. The choice to be VP isn't yours, whether you're a voter of hers or not.

Congratulations on you being a voter in Massachusetts, but if she's asked and says yes... You have no say in the matter.

The people of Illinois hired Barack Obama to be senator, whom I voted for as senator. Guess what on that one???

They didn't sign some unbreakable contract that says they can't do something else.

[Rafale]

9. Sorry but

I cannot imagine that report is true given everything she has said about banks. #farce <smh>

Warren would be an excellent candidate for president.

[Pauldg47]

24. Ditto.

[lunamagica]

11. K&R.

[Geronimoe]

13. Has Warren seen the transcripts

of Hillary Goldman Sach $600K speeches?

[SusanCalvin]

30. Neither have I, but I can recognize reality when it smacks me in the face. nt

[Chicago1980]

33. Only a select hyperbolic few give a damn about transcripts.

[bunnies]

42. 64% of all voters, actually.

But hey... who needs em!

[Chicago1980]

43. Perhaps 64% of people polled... But I doubt 64% of voters.

I could certainly give two shits about a speech when she was a private citizen, especially when something like that has never been asked for before.

Seems kind of double standard.

[bunnies]

44. Has any other Democratic candidate for President made millions from wall street speeches before?

It would have been pretty odd to ask for something that didnt exist.

Anyway, Im not a member so I cant log in, but heres a link to the poll for the wording:

https://morningconsult.com/2016/06/01/hillary-clinton-emails-poll-results/

[Chicago1980]

45. She wasn't a candidate when she made the money.

It was speeches, not insider trading.

People get money for making speeches at universities.

[bunnies]

46. But she is now.

And she knew she would be. Also, you didn't answer my question.

[Chicago1980]

47. Has any other Democratic candidate for President made millions from wall street speeches before?

I don't think so...

But so what!

I honestly don't care about the transcripts or that she made money on speeches.

BFD...

[bunnies]

48. You're in the minority.

Congratulations.

[Chicago1980]

50. And yet she won the nomination...

Imagine that.

Doesn't seem like I'm in the minority after all.

Seems like it bothers less people than than you may think or hope.

[bunnies]

56. It bothers 64% of voters.

per the poll I posted upthread. That puts you squarely in the 36%. aka the minority.

I thought you guys were super into math.

[Chicago1980]

59. And like I said...

It didn't stop her from becoming the presumptive nominee, so less people are bothered than you think.

[NanceGreggs]

52. Has any other candidate ...

... for President (or otherwise) been asked to produce transcripts of speeches they made as a private citizen - or, for that matter, of any speeches at all?

Why are the rules suddenly different for HRC? Why is there NO precedent for doing what she has been demanded to do?

And don't give me the "she made millions from Wall Street" crap. It's irrelevant. Many candidates have made millions - yet they've not been asked to produce ANY speech transcripts to any group, any organization, any union, any club, any gathering whatsoever.

There IS, however, a precedent for releasing full-and-complete tax returns for multiple years. There's only one primary candidate who didn't do that - and still hasn't to this day.

[Chicago1980]

53. What you said...

[Warpy]

14. I thought she already did, months ago

Oh, well, I guess she realizes what a short attention span most people in this country have.

[LibDemAlways]

16. If she agreed to the VP nod, I'd lose all

respect for her. Don't think she'd do it. She'll endorse, but it won't be with sny great enthusiasm.

[kayakjohnny]

23. Exactly. There would be little chunks in her throat as she choked out the words.

And then she'd go take a cold shower.

Then head to a confessional and ask for forgiveness.

[SusanCalvin]

29. Yeah, that I hope she wouldn't do. nt

[Chicago1980]

34. I doubt she cares very much about losing your respect on the issue.

[snooper2]

54. So you were wrong...again...

[Hotler]

17. That's sad. n/t

[blackspade]

18. Kind of irrelevant at this point.

[cigsandcoffee]

19. How courageous. n/t

[djean111]

20. Be a waste of a wonderful Senator, and would not get my vote.

Using Warren for votes, and then relegating her to dinners and funerals, and making the Third Way masters happy. Barf.

[Jopin Klobe]

21. Check ...

... and double check ...

[Geronimoe]

22. It does destroy Warren's credibility

[SusanCalvin]

26. Really?

In our two-party system, what else is she gonna do? Would I like a parliamentary system? Yes. Do we have one? No.

[Chicago1980]

35. Only in the minds of the petulant whiners.

[djean111]

41. I don't see it as destroying Warren's credibility, so much as I see it as Warren sacrificing herself

for the sake of a really fucked-up Party. I think warren has great intentions no matter what she does.

[carburyme]

40. BUT...

She could be president in-full charge 8 years later...

[SusanCalvin]

25. Well, yeah. Only makes sense. nt

[Thinkingabout]

27. Warren will endorse Hillary, maybe in a few days, like a week.

[w4rma]

28. Warren was always going to endorse the nominee. And she would make a very good VP for Sanders.

Just like I support her for Sanders's VP, I would support her if she wanted to be Clinton's VP.

[hopemountain]

38. an un named source?

not likely. she would not be able to do a damn thing on wall street as vp.

this may be clinton's pipe dream, however. it would serve senator warren no purpose other than frustration to have to work so closely with hillary.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

55. Well, I didn't think Warren would endorse Trump.

... not after her last speech.

[LannyDeVaney]

57. Great news.

The future is looking very bright!