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In reply to the discussion: Would you like to see Elizabeth Warren run for President in 2016? [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)As noone did the job that she can do, why are some so quick to want her to leave that job?
It makes no sense.
When Hillary will be President and Warren can be the top senator, working together.
Because Warren has the gravitas as Senior Senator to do the job she is doing.
But she would need to campaign for 3 years meaning she can't do the job at hand.
So someone else would do her job, most likely the same people that the people who love Warren the most, did not like doing that job they did.
I don't know the age group, however, I come from the time when strong senators were a great job to aspire to.
Warren, should she want to serve til she is in her 80s, can serve 3 or possibly 4 terms.
And as Warren is part of Team Obama (to use a kiddies phrase), and Hillary is part of the same team, Warren won't run against Hillary.
Any more so then Janet Napolitano(who has a much bigger resume than Warren has, and who wanted to run for higher office at some point while being Gov.), would run against Hillary (or any of the others).
So I want her to be the great Senator she appears to be.
On the level of Ted Kennedy and LBJ. Perhaps she can be the greatest woman Senator of all time.
So my vote is YES to 3 or 4 terms as Senator(now Senior Senator from Mass.) and no to chucking the seat and the work and running for higher office.
Though I of course would enthusiastically vote for Warren were she on the ticket,
or a Clinton/Warren ticket. (there are already bumper stickers and buttons saying just that).
But Senate is the #1 best area for getting real change done for Elizabeth Warren, working
side by side with President Clinton.
After all, they already ARE on the same team.
Can't understand why some think they are opponents, when they are not.