I'd prefer to see Elizabeth Warren as our next president. But if Hillary Clinton

[MADem]

112. Well, a real leader would just not sign the letter, and discourage the

preparation of the letter in the first place, telling Boxer it was "awkward" if she were planning a run. There wouldn't be a cutesy "Oh, DO run!" with a backtrack later--that's just undercutting and underhanded, and that's not how EW plays things--she is a plain-spoken straight shooter, and playing games like that isn't in her DNA.

But she's not planning a run. She's said NO at least four times in print interviews and "No means no" when it's backed up with stuff like this letter, the comments from her personal staffers saying "No shit, she really DOES mean NO," her turning down the invitation to speak at Harkin's Steak Fry Democratic Up-n-Comer Beauty Contest, and this "Go relax, I ain't running" announcement from just over a month ago:

She'll probably be a great Fed Chair. I would not be surprised if that's where her interests in future lie.