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In reply to the discussion: If not Warren, then whom? If not now, then when? [View all]libdem4life
(13,877 posts)"Warren has always said she had no interest in holding her tongue and blending into the senatorial wallpaper."
Tell me a little bit about the last few times youve taken the biggest financial institutions on Wall Street all the way to a trial, she asked a table full of bank regulators." all of whom she effectively silenced. Who is going to do this?
It would be a Great Win for those financiers being investigated currently, and shivering at her successes and position on the Banking Committee. No President can do this. A President Warren could not do this.
She is the first one who has had what it takes to help us right our ship of finance. The Presidency would be a nice item on her CV, but what she's now doing would surely go down the tubes.
Now back to the discussion of the corporate influence in today's political parties. The Democrats are trying to recruit a driver-candidate, draft a horse to hitch up to one of the two high performance vehicles for the billion dollar race, recruit some of the faithful to push it along while refusing "corporate gasoline", tying to beat the fully gassed up Republican racing machine. Wishing and Hoping just doesn't make it so.
The real story here is about the lack of a Progressive candidate NOW to begin the organization and fund raising. And none are foolish enough to risk it all without the evil "corporate donations".
Elevating Warren to Sainthood isn't enough.