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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING : Bernie Sanders [View all]libdem4life
(13,877 posts)and can turn on a dime, which is what most love to hate about her. She also does not want any of her liberal voters ... Democrat or Independent ... those who, like me, refuse to stay home on election day ... running off with Bernie.
But if there are votes and influence and she feels it will help her attain the White House, you can take it to the political bank. She needs around 50 or 60 million voters, so has to hold multiple political positions/groups.
The only bad news I see here is that it had to be an Independent, which will provide no Primary challenge. Nor will it likely entice Warren into the political national muck because it is a tacky and iffy muck. Also, she WILL NOT challenge another woman, even if she didn't have like probably the most important job in the country right now of reining in the bankers. Ironically, it's the very industry that, like it or not, she'd have to suddenly switch gears on .... given they wield so much political power and funding in both parties ... and be on the receiving end. That would kind of make her look like a fool, if you really think about it. And that's one thing she's not.
But maybe there's a miracle Progressive out there somewhere biding his/her time...kind of like Jeb Bush is doing with the Republicans...and if so, now is the time...not 2014...now. That's where the energy needs to go.
Because right now the question is not "If not Hillary, who? But, "Do we want to win or lose the next 4-8 years?" And if not, 2013 is not "too early" to discuss, encourage, go forth and recruit...voters or potential, viable candidates.
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