The Perfect Candidate to Challenge Obama

[kpete]

The Perfect Candidate to Challenge Obama
Posted: August 1, 2011 | Author: bostonboomer



Lots of liberal groups are calling for Elizabeth Warren to run for the Senate in Massachusetts against Senator Scott Brown. But why not challenge Obama instead? Warren has nothing to lose–Obama already hates her guts and has publicly humiliated her multiple times. What more can he do to her? Running against Obama would give Warren a chance to turn the tables and represent the American people against the top enforcer of the oligarchy.
http://skydancingblog.com/2011/08/01/late-night-the-perfect-candidate-to-challenge-obama/


Should Elizabeth Warren Run for President?

As the manufactured debt ceiling crisis provides an unflattering window into the reckless incompetence of pretty much all of our elected officials in DC, more and more readers have been calling for Elizabeth Warren to run for President.

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So the real point of a Warren run would be to give her an even bigger megaphone for broadcasting the fallen standing of the US middle class and what can and should be done about it. Australian economist John Quggin wrote in a recent post argues that, “The wealth that has accrued to those in the top 1 per cent of the US income distribution is so massive that any serious policy program must begin by clawing it back. ” He argued that an Obama primary challenge would be an important step in making that seem both possible and reasonable:

***It seems to me that a good place to start would be a primary challenge to Obama…. It would be impossible for the media to ignore completely, and might get enough votes to shift the Overton window. Whether such a challenge could form the basis of a mass movement, I don’t really know, but it seems to be worth a try.

Warren’s status as an outsider, someone who is not part of the old boy network, is particularly important for primary voters (women are a big force in Democratic primaries) and in terms of her branding generally. And the fact that she has just been part of the Administration and would choose to challenge it frontally would add to media interest.

LOTS LOTS LOTS MORE:
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/should-elizabeth-warren-run-for-president.html

[arcane1]

1. "hates her guts and has publicly humiliated her multiple times"??

I missed that.

[Frustratedlady]

3. I can't believe that. Sorry!

I'm a Warren fan, but I don't think it would be a good idea for her to oppose Obama.

[CakeGrrl]

5. Seriously? "Show me the receipts!"

Did this author not get the memo of how she was appointed in the first place?

Talk about a disconnect from reality.

[ChrisBorg]

2. Doonsbury likes her....

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip

[scheming daemons]

4. I love posts that don't take into consideration the actual views of the person they're promoting

Warren is a full-blown, 100% supporter of President Obama.


All this wishful thinking threads need to remember one thing: The dream person that you want to be President has to *WANT* to run against Obama.



Elizabeth Warren loves Obama. Said so many times.

[lumpy]

6. Unmitigated bullshit. Obama hates Warren's guts? publicly

humiliated her ??? Skydancing must be using something a lot stronger than weed.

[AtomicKitten]

7. Whatever the author is smoking should be shared with the rest of the class.

:smoke:

[demosincebirth]

9. I don't smoke anything that makes me hallucinate

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Don't need more-- just one stinks up the place more than we can stand.