Elizabeth Warren: I'm not running for president

[MADem]

88. Seriously? You think that's a recommendation?

She only runs for things when pushed and shoved?

I think when she answers NO to the question "Are you going to run?" that NO means NO. There comes a point when insisting that someone do what they say, over and over again, that they aren't going to do, takes on a tone that I find to be awkward at best.

The lack of respect accorded to my Senator, as though she is some nitwit who can be pushed and bullied, and she does not know her own mind, astounds me!

She also, along with the rest of the women in the Senate, signed the letter urging Hillary to run. So, even though she "takes on Hillary" on this matter or that, I'm quite certain they agree way more than they disagree.

Howard Dean has issued a formal endorsement of HRC, too. I think maybe it's time to be realistic. If Warren is running for anything, it's Secretary of the Treasury or Fed Chair in the Clinton Administration. And Dean? He's in a good place to be HHS.

Although you say Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are the only politicians who are running .. the fact remains that neither Warren nor Sanders ARE running--Warren has said, now, yet again, that she is not going to run, and last time Sanders spoke, he said he'd only run if he could win. She has said NO for the umpteenth time, and he hasn't announced.

Toying with running IS a way to get people to notice you. It's also a way to drive conversation to issues that you care about. And sometimes, that's all it is.

It's 2015. The election is next year. Neither one of those Senators has a dime in a campaign war chest. It's time to start injecting a bit of reality into the process. Warren has said--yet again--the big N word...NO. I think it's time that people believe her. Sanders seems to be sliding away from an announcement, but it's still too soon to tell with him--I wouldn't hold my breath on him running, or if he did run, staying in past the first primary debate.

Jim Webb is still exploring, so there's an option if you like that brand (not my speed, but YMMV).

I'll stick with Clinton. If she doesn't run, Biden will jump in. I think she's running, though, and I think she will announce some time in April of this year.