Sen. Warren says she’s not running for president

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is insisting she isn’t running for president in 2016.

She says to interviewers, “You can ask this a lot of different ways. The key is, I am not running for president.” Warren, whose name has been mentioned in building Democratic speculation, said she wants to fight for the consumer issues she champions.

She acknowledges to “CBS This Morning” she was disappointed that President Barack Obama didn’t select her to head a new consumer protection agency. But Warren also says it “was never about a political future for me.”

Warren says the playing field has to be leveled between the well-to-do and the struggling in America, adding that “we have to make changes right now.” She said the economic system currently doesn’t work very well for ordinary people.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/04/22/sen_warren_says_shes_not_running_for_president/

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Language is important. "I am not running for president" is not the equivalent of....

" I will not run for president."

[Trust Buster]

2. Actually, yes it is. She will not run in 2016 IMO.

[Dawgs]

5. Actually, it's not. And, obviously it's making some nervous. n/t

[LanternWaste]

24. And obviously making yet others rationalize her words into something they don't mean, too.

"and, obviously it's making some nervous..."

And obviously making yet others rationalize her words into something they don't mean, too.

[Trust Buster]

35. No, if Hillary decides to run it's hers........

..........Elizabeth Warren is not as irrational as some.

[Fearless]

80. Elizabeth over Hillary any day.

[rhett o rick]

18. I agree. The article author took some liberties when he/she made the statement,

"Sen. Elizabeth Warren is insisting she isn’t running for president in 2016." and didnt include a supporting quote. They did quote her as saying that she isnt running for president. And no one is running until they decide to start their run.

I am not saying she is running, I am not saying she isnt. We dont know and those that pretend are only voicing wishful thinking.

[Beacool]

28. Here we go again.........

Warren keeps repeating the same thing over and over, but her supporters won't believe her.

[freshwest]

45. They're gonna make her! Like those who want to bring the kingdom of heaven by force. Won't work. n/t

[Beacool]

47. They twist themselves into a pretzel in all their convoluted thinking.

[freshwest]

48. Hey, reality is too much work. Fantasy is fun, cheap and effortless. n/t

[spooky3]

54. I agree with you (n/t).

[Auntie Bush]

72. I thought the same thing.

She is not running for President now. But, she can run in the future so they can't say she lied. I personally think she plans on running and already sounds like a presidential candidate.

[iandhr]

3. Maybe something else for her.

Like Attorney General. I would love to see that. That alone would stop wall street from committing crimes.

[malthaussen]

14. I suggested that awhile ago...

... and was branded a Hillary-lover. I think Warren and AG fit like hand in glove. Sadly, the Statute of Limitations is kicking in for the people who trashed our economy, but Warren as AG could stop the next gang-rape.

-- Mal

[Scuba]

19. Hillary would never name EW as AG. Jamie Dimon or Lloyd Blankenship maybe, but not EW.

[malthaussen]

22. Jamie wouldn't take the job...

... it doesn't pay well enough.

-- Mal

[Beacool]

29. Better yet, Fed Chairman or Treasury Secretary.

She would be great in either post.

[Auntie Bush]

75. That's a great idea!

Except I like what she's doing now as Senator. Too bad she isn't twins. lol

[Beacool]

78. She could stay in the Senate.

I'm thinking of other options in case she would like to work for the next Democratic administration.

[yallerdawg]

4. You want Elizabeth Warren to run?

Give her a Democratic Congress in 2014!

If it goes republican't, there is no way a progressive liberal has a chance in 2016.

And our last, best hope will be Hillary, who will be labeled a progressive liberal, but we know what we will get if she wins - and it won't be an Elizabeth Warren.

[L0oniX]

7. Many Dems will go independent if Hillary runs and she won't win.

[Kelvin Mace]

9. Sadly, HRC is going to be the next president

unless something goes very wrong.

She has made all of the right noises to reassure our corporate masters that they will be allowed to plunder unmolested if she is elected. She will be the Dem nominee and no one in the current GOP field can touch her.

They will try, of course.

Liberals find themselves once again in the position of voting for the lesser of two evils and being told to shut up and clap harder. Our votes are taken for granted because the alternatives are so much worse.

[JDPriestly]

37. In her new book, "A Fighting Chance," I understand that Elizabeth Warren was told by an unnamed

person from the Obama administration to be a "cheerleader."

That is a sexist, very offensive thing for anyone associated in any way with the Obama administration to have made.

Here is the Washington Post's review of Elizabeth Warren's "A Fighting Chance."

One sweltering day, 12-year-old Elizabeth comes upon her 50-year-old mother, sobbing and trying to squeeze into her best dress, scared but determined to apply for a job answering phones at Sears. When she finally gets it on, she turns to her daughter and says, “How do I look? Is it too tight?” Of course it is. But Warren does the right thing.

“I stood there, as tall as she was. I looked her right in the eye, and said: ‘You look great. Really,’ ” Warren writes, recalling it as the moment when, “I wasn’t a little girl anymore.”

It may have been the last time Warren pulled her punches. That’s certainly the case in this book, which mostly details her decades struggling against financial institutions that, in her view, are bent on picking every last penny from our pockets even if they destroy the country in the process — along with too many lapdog lawmakers who abetted their actions. As such, it is a political narrative first and an autobiography second. Yes, it tells how a self-described, daughter of a “maintenance man” attended college on a debate scholarship, went to law school and, one day while she was home caring for her two young children, received an unexpected call from Rutgers University asking her to teach a law course — immediately. The judge scheduled to teach never showed up; were his identity revealed, he might be the most hated man on Wall Street.

Such was the inauspicious beginning of a career that led to path-breaking research on bankruptcy while teaching law at the University of Texas, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard; her evolution as a financial watchdog for ordinary Americans, too many of whom were the victims of predatory banking practices; her role as the brains behind the creation of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and, finally, her improbable election to the Senate from Massachusetts in 2012. The odds were against Warren in that hard-fought race not just because of former senator Scott Brown’s popularity, but because, as Rebecca Traister of the New York Times pointed out, the Bay State is not kind to women, having hanged more of them as witches during the 1600s (14) than it has sent to Congress in all the years since (five, including Warren).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-fighting-chance-by-elizabeth-warren/2014/04/21/fb894b68-be9b-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html

Elizabeth Warren, no matter what she says now, has a fighting chance to be president. She is an amazing woman with a story and political and moral positions far more compelling and courageous than Hillary Clinton.

I think, again, that Elizabeth Warren has a fighting chance to be president.

I would like to see her become president. I definitely want to see her run. And I would also like to see Bernie Sanders run.

We need to get the message out there that our financial sector has to be reformed and we need to curb the NSA spying and be much more open about what is going on with our national security sector. I don't think Warren is particularly interested in curbing the NSA or in being more open about national security (or at least not hiding embarrassing dust and details under that huge rug we call national security when in fact they are barely if at all related to our national security), but if we could get a better ethical standard in our financial and business sectors, the struggle to get Warren (or perhaps Sanders) on the podium in our presidential debates and quite possibly in the White House would be well worth it.

Hillary is more of the same. Elizabeth Warren would mean changing direction toward more economic fairness.

[Kelvin Mace]

38. I think Warren could be president

but the Dem establishment has already chosen (and by Dem establishment, I mean its Wall Street masters).

If Warren tried to run, she would be smeared as a "spoiler" from day one. I have already seen people make "Ralph Nader" comparisons on this very board. "Pragmatists" love to tell you that there are huge differences between the parties. But both parties skew to the right, it is just a matter of degree.

Sure we get the occasional leftwardly thrown crumb (health care/Gay rights), but the Democratic Party continues to the right in the aggregate (torture, war, de-regulation, pro-fossil fuels, tax reform, etc).

[JDPriestly]

56. Yes. Our nation is not just veering right but is tilting so far as to lose its moral bearings.

We have lost sight of the human reasons and values that give the existence of our country and our Constitution meaning.

[Kelvin Mace]

57. Agreed

And it is rather amusing that some of the rabid PUMA crowd is back raving at the mere thought of anyone challenging HRC.

[JDPriestly]

58. Actually, I'm a woman, and I really don't like the term PUMA.

What do we call men in their 50s who marry very young women?

[brooklynite]

60. Um, you're thinking of "Cougar"

PUMA is a a reference to Party Unity My A**", an 2008 anti-Obama movement alleged to be former Clinton supporters angry at the way Obama ran in the Primary.

[olddad56]

49. you would prefer Jeb Bush?

those will be your two choices in 2016. Take your pick. I'll vote for Hillary if she is the democratic candidate.

[Kelvin Mace]

51. The lesser of two evils is still evil

I understand that going in. Some don't.

[whatthehey]

65. And even if that is, absurdly, granted

What exactly is wrong with lessening evil?

When you are faced with the certainty of either a hefty kick in the teeth or a light tap on the wrist with no other options, do you waste your time yearning for a big kiss or hold out your wrist?

I understand that going in. Some don't.

[Kelvin Mace]

71. Nothing "wrong" with it

except that it is still evil.

What exactly is "wrong" with lessening the suffering in murder? Nothing is "wrong" with it, other than the fact that it is STILL murder.

[AngryAmish]

68. And everyone agrees that another Clinton or Bush would make the most depressing election ever

[Le Taz Hot]

70. "Those will be your two choices in 2016."

Look again. There are more than two choices.

[Beacool]

30. Yep, that's the spirit.

Pout and give the Right wingers the presidency.

[KinMd]

53. Exactly, letting the perfect be the enemy of the good

[Trust Buster]

36. Cut off your nose to spite your face huh ?

I'm glad Warren doesn't make decisions based on emotion.

[L0oniX]

39. Yea we suck less ...enjoy that.

[L0oniX]

6. ...and the Dem corporate centrists breath a sigh of relief.

[hrmjustin]

8. I believe her but if she changed her mind I would not be surprised.

[nyabingi]

10. Please change your mind Elizabeth...

...this country can't take anymore Bushes or Clintons.

[dotymed]

11. “was never about a political future for me.”

IMO, THIS is what makes her so desirable in our great time of need.
It is NOT about her. I am still hoping for a long-term PROVEN person for the people, but kie I said in another post;
Senator Warren has been proving herself very well. So far, great.
Senator Bernie Sanders has proven himself for decades and his political knowledge is vast.
We know that over the long haul, he has never lost sight of his mission to represent the PEOPLE.
Of course, Senator Warren has not either.
Bernie has said that he may run for POTUS.

[maddiemom]

12. Warren is great right where she is. Arguably she can accomplish much more in the Senate than

in the White House.

[yallerdawg]

13. Exactly

What can a liberal progressive president expect to accomplish if Congress will not pass anything?

For Elizabeth Warren to run for President, she would have to have a Democratic Congress.

If we can give her that now, 2016 will look a lot different.

And after she announces, she can honestly say, "NOW I am running for President."

[freshwest]

46. +1

[Scuba]

20. What total BS. Name a Senator who had more influence than FDR, LBJ or WJC.

[yallerdawg]

25. If the next Senate Majority Leader...

is republican't, you can bet an Elizabeth Warren agenda would be dead in the water.

Since 2010 and the republican't majority power in Congress, what liberal progressive legislation has passed? The one great triumph of the Obama Administration is passing the conservative health care plan? What is Bill Clinton's legacy, didn't get thrown out of office?

I want more for Elizabeth Warren.

[Scuba]

27. Put those goal post back where you found them!

So you can't name a Senator more influential than those Presidents. The "she can do more as a Senator" meme is designed to detract from her potential Presidential candidacy. Don't fall for it; don't propagate it.

[maddiemom]

62. LBJ while a senator. That's how he knew how to get things done as POTUS.

Still, it ultimately defeated him. Not all presidents have the influence of the three you mentioned, certainly not BHO, despite his admirable skills. As a women, Warren would have the same sort of handicap. Becoming a very seasoned senator (she already has a great start) would make her a real force to be reckoned with as POTUS. Perhaps BHO could have done with a little more time in the senate.

[Scuba]

64. Drivel. There's a reason POTUS is considered the most powerful position in the world.

If one chooses not to use that power, that doesn't mean the office doesn't still hold it.

[malthaussen]

15. I remember how many times Christie denied he was running in 2012...

... and the GOP pundits still wouldn't believe it was true. Bet we get the same thing with Warren?

-- Mal

[reddread]

16. that was then.

are people supposed to have memories?
some folks act like they are completely optional.

[Beacool]

31. Please don't insult Warren by comparing her stance to Christie's.

Christie is a weasel who would throw his mother under the bus to get ahead politically. Warren is a straight shooter. If she keeps saying that she doesn't want to run for president, then I believe her. Unlike the blob who is my governor, I never believe anything he says.

[malthaussen]

44. Good grief.

My post was about neither Christy nor Warren, but about the reactions of others to their statements.

-- Mal

[cosmicone]

17. Uh oh ... hope there isn't mass suicide

in some DU quarters after this news.

[ballyhoo]

21. No, but among some there will be

a vector opened for non-interest. I don't pay much attention to approximate candidate's statements this far ahead of a presidential election, but, again, with this statement the vector will be officially opened. The other thing is this all rather conjecture for everyone. I speak for myself only, but I believe starting in early July, things will happen that will change everything. It has to do with Russia--Global Banking--and Domestic Terrorism. All three WORKING TOGETHER will contribute to the next rung down of "normal" living and political restructuring.

Sorry to bore you, cosmicone. I see things in this country I have never seen before.

[Beacool]

32. Maybe not, but denial ain't just a river in Egypt.........

[William769]

33. You really should delete that comment.

It adds nothing to the discussion and reflects badly on you.

[cosmicone]

40. Thank you. It is called macabre humor.

Some get it. Obviously, I don't expect, wish or anticipate anyone to commit suicide over that news.

[Cha]

59. I agree.. it's stupid.

[IkeRepublican]

23. A bummer and a shame

But, let's be honest here.

Obama's a corporatist if there ever was one and we see how he gets nailed to the floorboards by the Repukes over not only petty things, but completely fabricated things.

Imagine what they'd do to Warren. They'd Loughner her or give her the poison at a dinner party with immeasurable delight.

[Beacool]

34. You said a mouthful.

If Obama, and the Clintons too, are called Marxists and Socialists by the Right; imagine how they would shred to pieces someone to the Left of them.

The reality on the ground is that 2014 will be a tough year for Democrats. The Republicans may gain more seats in the House and we may even lose the Senate (that's my greatest fear). If a Democrat gets elected in 2016, how much leverage will they really have with a Republican Congress?

[Stellar]

26. Well..maybe she could be Hillary's Vice President...

..you know, to stick her feet in the water so to speak. As a female, I would love that!

[cosmicone]

42. Hillary will probably choose

someone like Mayor Julian Castro. He is articulate, Hispanic and from Texas which is becoming purple. His selection will give Hillary the inside track on winning FL, NM, CO, NV and perhaps AZ.

[mikekohr]

52. While I am hoping for Warren I'm betting your pick will be our ticket in 2016

and I'll be very pleased and supportive.

[Stellar]

55. Point taken...

A lady can dream, LOL! Still love my Liz Warren.

[NorthCarolina]

41. I'm not either.

But maybe I will!

[Marrah_G]

43. She can fight the fight in the Senate

Would love to see her lead the Senate.

[brooklynite]

50. Tell me, has anyone in this thread actually lifted a finger to GET Warren to run?

Written her a letter? Sent an email? Stopped her at a public forum? Because all I continue to see is people dreaming and telling themselves that she'll change her mind. I hope that, when you wake up from the dream and Hillary decides to run while Elizabeth doesn't, you won't be complaining that "they" kept her from running.

[c588415]

61. Pres. Hillary R Clinton 2016 !

She has already secured my vote

[yurbud]

63. that should be enough to make Warren run.

[Auntie Bush]

73. Mine too.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

66. But what about Al Gore? Is he running?

Sorry.

[AngryAmish]

67. Well she better start or the primary will be very awkward.

[Enrique]

69. she knew she had no chance

now that V. Stiviano is in the race.

[DeSwiss]

76. It's Hillary's turn.

No matter who we may want. This is an Oligarchy, not a Democracy nor a Republic as we've been previously mislead to believe. Although, there are some concerns over how to address former President Bill Clinton in the presence of the future President Hillary Clinton. I favor First Fellow.

- Or something similar......

K&R

[yurbud]

77. Bill will be intern co-ordinator

[DeSwiss]

81. !

[Beacool]

79. No, that's not the point.

"We", meaning the vast majority of Democrats, want her to run. Those Democrats who don't want her to run are in the minority.

[yurbud]

82. could you put that in terms of policy positions of hers you like?