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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts) Wed Jul 23, 2014, 01:28 PM Jul 2014

Elizabeth Warren isn't running for president, and that's a good thing [View all]

Markos Moulitsas takes the hammer and hits the nail on the head. We need Elizabeth Warren in the Senate to help us in moving the party to the left:

Elizabeth Warren isn't running for president, and that's a good thing

It's kind of comical. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has repeatedly said, over and over again, that she's not running for president. She's said so emphatically:

I am not running for president. Do you want to put an exclamation point at the end of that?

Yet people continue to cling to the hope that she is playing coy. "She spoke in the present tense, which means she's open to changing her mind in the future!" Um, no. She's not. And I'll tell you why, below the fold.

And I'll also tell you why it's a GOOD thing that she's not running.

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You have to read the rest in Markos' diary.

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Elizabeth Warren isn't running for president, and that's a good thing [View all] MohRokTah Jul 2014 OP

There are far better places where her bright mind & remarkable skills are better served. misterhighwasted Jul 2014 #1

I agree with this ... sometimes being president doesn't always wield the most RKP5637 Jul 2014 #2

I don't think she is either and I agree that it's for the best tularetom Jul 2014 #3

This^ Precisley. misterhighwasted Jul 2014 #14

She's not being coy when she stands next to the new Mayor of Boston and tells the people of the MADem Jul 2014 #4

Many of the people who want her to run against her wishes are GOPers Cali_Democrat Jul 2014 #5

She's been perfectly clear about this. If she went back on this, she'd be just another politician. onehandle Jul 2014 #6

+1 Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #33

Yes, she'll be sooo effective moving the party left with another whatchamacallit Jul 2014 #7

Don't you get it? EW is so popular that no one will ever talk about the next president. Dawgs Jul 2014 #9

I'll say this bigtree Jul 2014 #8

Yes... They want her to be Paul Wellstone Armstead Jul 2014 #35

DU rec... SidDithers Jul 2014 #10

+1 SunSeeker Jul 2014 #39

I'm fine with that. LWolf Jul 2014 #11

I suspect that's correct. MineralMan Jul 2014 #12

If it wasn't for Warren's steadfast refusal to say "I am not and will not run for 2016", then... ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2014 #13

And, we need Hillary out of the White House to keep the party from moving right. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #15

Condsidering the polling, we as a party want to move to the right. Which, to me... ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2014 #17

I often wonder who they are polling MissDeeds Jul 2014 #36

Senate Majority Leader BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #16

The Lioness of the Senate! ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2014 #18

Oh Yeah! BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #20

I want her to have a presidential microphone. But, if it's not to be, let her roar and ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2014 #21

Agree BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #23

Yes. I long for the Statesmen of the past. 'Teddy Kennedy' misterhighwasted Jul 2014 #29

You never loved her, MohRokTah! randome Jul 2014 #19

I ADORE Elizabeth Warren! MohRokTah Jul 2014 #22

I suppose it depends on how successful she is in helping get Dems elected in 2014. GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #24

Did you read Markos' diary? MohRokTah Jul 2014 #25

I think she'll have more power in the Senate , at least when it comes to regulating the octoberlib Jul 2014 #26

Right now, she is able to help those running for Senate, such as Grimes in KY... joeybee12 Jul 2014 #27

I agree! Spazito Jul 2014 #28

There is a great motivation of some in DU sadoldgirl Jul 2014 #30

Well I think the motivation is the Hillary inviability factor. zeemike Jul 2014 #32

Markos "DailyKos" Moulitsas is a former Republican and George W. Bush supporter, right? blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #31

Former Republican, yes. George W. Bush supporter, NO MohRokTah Jul 2014 #34

Hillary is running and that's not a good thing. raindaddy Jul 2014 #37

I doubt any serious candidate will emerge to challenge her in 2016. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #38

You're probably right... raindaddy Jul 2014 #44

I hope no Democratic Senator runs. We need every single one of them. n/t pnwmom Jul 2014 #40

Head of the Treasury Department would be nice. PADemD Jul 2014 #41

Markos' predictions are usually wrong. Dawgs Jul 2014 #42

I didn't see any predictions in his diary. eom MohRokTah Jul 2014 #43

k&r for Elizabeth Warren. n/t Laelth Jul 2014 #45

Markos has obviously been reading DU - ". . . yet people continue to cling . . ." DrDan Jul 2014 #46

She has started an important dialogue loyalsister Jul 2014 #47

This has been my position all along drmeow Jul 2014 #48

I don't think Warren could win with Hillary in the field.... NCTraveler Jul 2014 #49