Obama ran after only 2 years in the Senate. Why is this a tougher prospect for Warren? Here's why: [View all]

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Like him or not, Obama is a once in a generation politician. He's not only possessed of impressive political and communication skills, he has that ineffable something; call it charisma or presence or whatever you will.

Governing skills and political skills are two entirely different things.

I like Warren, though she's still a bit of a cipher. In many areas, she hasn't really fleshed out a position and she doesn't have a record yet. Obama had more of a record due to his having run for the U.S. House and serving for 8 years in the Illinois Senate.

Warren's campaign for Senate, though she won decisively with nearly 54% of the vote showed her inexperience in the campaigning sphere. And that is not a dig. She was running for office for the first time.

There's also Warren's history as a Republican, though I don't see that as such a big deal, she was a Republican until 1995.

Warren may have what it takes to be President- though I don't see that as just being about philosophy and positions. It's also about leadership and delegation and coalition building and communication and and and. Perhaps over the next year or so she'll demonstrate that she has those skills. But that's really all the time she has and it's a short period of time.

Note: This is not about Hillary. Though I've come to a greater appreciation of her through her service as SoS, I can't envision supporting anyone in the primaries who voted for the IWR. It's such a huge lapse in judgment that I can't let it go. In any case, my guess is that if Clinton runs, Warren will be one of those who is swiftly on board.

Personally, I think Warren is too smart to run in 2016.