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In reply to the discussion: Many Democrats prefer Clinton over Warren for president because the Clinton name is already [View all]Cal33
(7,018 posts)because she had already become well-known for having created the post of Consumers'
Financial Protection Agency. The title of the agency is self-explanatory. She started it to
fight against the predatory habits of the Big Business corporations. Pres. Obama wanted
to make her head of the agency that was her own brain-child, but did not do so because of
Republican objection. This angered many Democrats, and they urged her to run for the
senate. And she did. It was the first and only time she had ever run for public office.
Some people are fast learners. According to the link in my OP, most of her senior colleagues
(some of whom have already served several terms) admire her. A few of them are even in
awe of her. Among the things she has done or are doing: She is fighting against the
incredible rate of 6.8% interest students will be paying in the future for borrowing money to
go to college. She has managed to gain the support of Republican Sen. McCain in her fight
to break up the Big Banks, who are responsible for the disastrous economic mess our nation
is in. All this within 7 months at her new job! She apparently is the type that hits the ground
running. And this shows she is not afraid to take on big problems where needed. She can be
tough.
She was a well-known figure before she became a senator, far more so than most of her
senior colleagues -- a delicate situation for a junior senator. Yet she is handling the situation
well thus far. Most of her colleagues admire and like her. Few disapprove. So, she knows
how to be tactful. Toughness and tact -- both important qualities for people in high political
positions.
Warren has already shown that she not only talks about change while campaigning. She was
already making change before she even became senator, when she conceived of the Consumers'
Financial Protection Agency. And as senator she is fighting for fairness regarding student loans.
and she is demanding honesty from business corporations. That's why they hate her so much.
She is well aware of how powerful banks and business corporations are, and she knows there is
no guarantee that she will win, but that doesn't prevent her from the fight. There are those who
have been senators for 20 years and have never even bothered to try.
Warren has intelligence, honesty, personal integrity, commitment and the dedication to try
to provide ALL Americans with the opportunity to strive for a better life. This necessarily
involves paying more attention to the middle-class and the poor, who are being screwed ever
since GW Bush, Jr. became president. This is what Progressives and Liberals are for. The
amount of work that needs to be done to accomplish anything in this area is enormously huge,
and she has already started to do something. To me, what she is doing is what a Progressive
would do. And she has shown that she is a doer.
Warren was born in Oklahoma, which is generally taken to be a Republican state. It's likely
that she grew up in a Republican family. Not many make changes from their family political
views. Hence she was a Republican in the earlier part of her life. But Republicanism changed
for the worse during certain times, like the Nixon and Reagan years. Perhaps having been a
Reagan Republican helped her begin to see from the inside what a sham Reagan really was.
That might have been the start of her eventually switching to the Democratic side altogether.
While I don't deify unproven candidates or anyone else (Warren isn't a candidate for president
that I know of), I think we already know a good deal about her qualities, what she stands for,
how she works...etc... As far as experience in politics is concerned, just look at the Clintons,
they have been in it all of their adult lives. Sometimes we need new fresh blood that is
untainted with old political baggage. Sometimes we need a complete break from the past, and
this is one of those times. I hope Warren will run for president in 2016.
Many of us have been hoping and looking for new blood for a long, long time. I think Elizabeth
Warren IS that new blood. If she should fail as president, it wouldn't be because she was afraid
or hadn't given her all. And I don't think she will fail to do a good job.