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(7,024 posts) Sun Apr 27, 2014, 11:35 AM Apr 2014

Elizabeth Warren may be our only hope for [View all]

our Democracy's survival..Great article here in the WP previewing her book:

A Fighting Chance

She would be a great candidate and a Great President. A real Democrat

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-fighting-chance-by-elizabeth-warren/2014/04/21/fb894b68-be9b-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html

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Elizabeth Warren may be our only hope for [View all] INdemo Apr 2014 OP

Give Elizabeth a working Senate WhiteTara Apr 2014 #1

Dream come true! MoonRiver Apr 2014 #24

Let's give Nancy a House this year! WhiteTara Apr 2014 #26

Yes! MoonRiver Apr 2014 #27

Yes, I do. I think that Harry WhiteTara Apr 2014 #31

My guess is your second choice. MoonRiver Apr 2014 #38

Elizabeth Warren! WhiteTara Apr 2014 #43

That would be incredible, but MoonRiver Apr 2014 #48

But.. but ... but... 99Forever Apr 2014 #2

I'd rather see her in another position for a while. Senate Leader would be great for her. chrisstopher Apr 2014 #3

What? treestar Apr 2014 #4

I'm a bit depressed that she isn't running--so is my husband, who really admires her. TwilightGardener Apr 2014 #5

Overstatement Is a Mistake MineralMan Apr 2014 #6

when it's said that EW "is our only hope," it's understood by most nashville_brook Apr 2014 #14

none INdemo Apr 2014 #15

:) nashville_brook Apr 2014 #17

The reality is that we don't really know all of Warren's MineralMan Apr 2014 #39

We onecaliberal Apr 2014 #7

Her book and Capital. lonestarnot Apr 2014 #8

I did not know this til today lunasun Apr 2014 #9

I know, right? EW's arriving so late to the 'correct' side is unsettling. I know it's been FailureToCommunicate Apr 2014 #35

+1 JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #42

People should consider she has a different ambition. iandhr Apr 2014 #10

people might consider that if she actually said that were the case. nashville_brook Apr 2014 #18

Politicians are often vague about their goals. iandhr Apr 2014 #20

cuts both ways. nashville_brook Apr 2014 #22

Democrats need to be bold. earthside Apr 2014 #11

Agree - Hillary Would Be A Disaster - Just A Replay Of Her Husband - Left Speaking - Right Working cantbeserious Apr 2014 #13

said another way, Dems will only be successful by going bold. nashville_brook Apr 2014 #16

That is the media assumptions INdemo Apr 2014 #21

depressed turnout from a case of the "been there done that" blahs. nashville_brook Apr 2014 #23

She is not Jesus or Mohammed or Zeus. randome Apr 2014 #12

Exactly... elzenmahn Apr 2014 #29

Or, Obi-Wan Kenobi /nt pintobean Apr 2014 #30

Or Jed Clampett. randome Apr 2014 #41

Exactly treestar Apr 2014 #52

Need to get Repugs out smallcat88 Apr 2014 #19

really though? Hillary is our "best" chance? nashville_brook Apr 2014 #25

Warren's point of view is our best chance. DirkGently Apr 2014 #28

It's way to early in the game to be coronating anyone... elzenmahn Apr 2014 #32

However those of us who insisted we should band together and get some real action from truedelphi Apr 2014 #53

Hillary will help reduce the amount of registered Dems. L0oniX Apr 2014 #45

"The only hope for our democracy's survival"? Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #33

Hyperbolic, IMO. nt elias49 Apr 2014 #34

I like Elizabeth Warren, too... elzenmahn Apr 2014 #36

Huh, I thought HRC was "democracy's last stand" blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #37

While I love Warren and would like to see her as President flamin lib Apr 2014 #40

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2014 #44

I would like to see her as Senate Majority Leader. longship Apr 2014 #46

Help me Obi Wan Kanobi you're my only hope. L0oniX Apr 2014 #47

but didn't she say? MFM008 Apr 2014 #49

we've done nothing but content-free lambasting of the Koch types since 1994 MisterP Apr 2014 #50

This level of hyperbole is regrettable. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #51