{"id":183046,"date":"2015-03-30T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2015\/03\/30\/ok-this-idea-makes-sense\/"},"modified":"2015-03-30T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T01:55:00","slug":"ok-this-idea-makes-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2015\/03\/30\/ok-this-idea-makes-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"OK, This Idea Makes Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is clear that Elizabeth Warren is not interested in running for President.<\/div>\n

It is clear that Elizabeth Warren does not want to run for President.<\/p>\n

However, with Harry Reid retiring, the recent moves by liberal organizations to promote Elizabeth Warren as the next Democratic Senate leader<\/a> seems a good idea.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Warren appears to have eschewed this idea:<\/p>\n

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid\u2019s (D-Nev.) announcement<\/a> Friday that he will not seek reelection next year has progressive groups licking their chops at the prospect of seeing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as the Democratic leader.<\/p>\n

New York Sen. Charles Schumer, currently Democrats’ No. 3 in the Senate, is the heavy favorite<\/a> to succeed Reid, but progressive groups have other ideas. <\/p>\n

Democracy for America (DFA) is urging Warren to run for president, but says that if she passes, they\u2019d back her or someone from her wing of the party as the next Democratic leader in the Senate.\u201cThere are real concerns about whether Chuck Schumer should be the frontrunner for leadership in the Senate among progressives,\u201d DFA spokesman Neil Sroka told The Hill. \u201cThe Wall Street wing of the party, that Chuck has been close to, is dying, and the Warren wing is rising. So if Sen. Warren chooses not to run for president \u2026 she should run for leader of the Senate. She\u2019d make a great leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee echoed that sentiment, predicting the race for Democratic leader won\u2019t be a coronation for the establishment members of the party believed to be next in line.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer lifetime of fighting for the little guy against Wall Street power \u2026 shows she can think big, wage tough fights against powerful interests, and win key votes in the Senate,\u201d the PCCC said in a statement. \u201cShe’s the definition of a leader. \u2026 There will likely not be a coronation to replace Harry Reid as Senate Democratic Leader, and Elizabeth Warren is right up there with others as someone who would be taken very seriously.”<\/p>\n

Warren’s office on Friday morning said she would not run for the leader’s spot<\/span><\/b>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(emphasis mine<\/i>)<\/p>\n

I really do hope that it is someone other than Chuck Schumer though, he is basically Wall Street’s rent boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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