Elizabeth Warren Continues To Push Back On 2016 Rumors: 'No Means No'

[Cali_Democrat]

Alex Lazar
The Huffington Post
07/22/14 12:08 PM ET

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) once again denied that she has her sights on the presidency in 2016, according to a Boston Globe article published Tuesday.

"I'm going to give you the same answer I have given you many times," Warren told the newspaper. "There is no wiggle room. I am not running for president. No means no."

Much of the speculation around a Warren 2016 run stems from the fact that she's been actively campaigning for Senate Democratic hopefuls in 2014, such as Natalie Tennant in West Virginia and Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5610078

[MoonRiver]

1. I believe her.

And I am glad she is such a strong supporter of Hillary. She will have much to offer on the campaign trail.

[PoliticAverse]

2. The problem is that's an ambiguous denial, being that 'am' is present tense.

A clearer denial might be:

"I'm not running now, nor will I be running in the future for the 2016 democratic presidential nomination and
if nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."

[TDale313]

3. "I will not be running for President in 2016.

That would shut the door for me, and I'm hoping she does run. "I am not running" as you said, is present tense, and perfectly true even if she ended up deciding to. And she knows this, and has been teased/called out on it (by Colbert, for one). In my opinion, she knows she could stop some of the speculation with just a few well-chosen words. Which makes me think maybe she doesn't want to stop it.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. Funny ...

No means no.

"Except, apparently, when I really want you to do what you said you don't want to do. In which case, I can/should be free to continue trying to talk you into it."

Wait ... we are only talking about a presidential run, right?

[Cali_Democrat]

6. ...

[1StrongBlackMan]

13. I kind of thought no one would respond to that post ...

There I go ... making DU suck again.

[wyldwolf]

5. What she actually means is 'no means, (so) no'

In other words, she doesn't have the means to run at the moment, so for the moment, it's no.

[bigwillq]

7. That's fine.

I think she should stay in the Senate.

[Cali_Democrat]

20. She's doing great work in the Senate. nt

[TheKentuckian]

8. So means so! Create a vacuum and someone will fill it.

[hedgehog]

9. "In January, Obama told NBC that he would not run for president or vice president in 2008."

Asked Sunday about his earlier stance, Obama said, "That was how I was thinking at that time."

"I don't want to be coy about this, given the responses that I've been getting over the last several months," he said. "I have thought about the possibility, but I have not thought about it with the seriousness and depth that I think is required."

......

"And here's the realization I think his people and Sen. Obama is coming to, and it's this: you can't time timing."

Other columnists have hailed Obama as the solution to the Democratic Party's woes in winning elections.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/22/obama.presidency/

[brooklynite]

10. So you're saying Elizabeth Warren is just another politician who'll say what' s convenient...

...certainly a great reason to get her to run for President.

]By the way, you left out the line where Obama endorsed another Presidential candidate, right?

[hedgehog]

11. I woud not put it in those terms, no.

I'm just pointing out that Obama reacted to changing circumstances, and it is possible that Elizabeth Warren may as well. Put whatever face on it you choose. I think how you appraise a politician's actions depends on how you appraise that particular politician.

BTW - you say "politician" like that's a bad word. It isn't, any more than "Liberal" is.

[brooklynite]

12. -I- don't begrudge politicians, but then I don't put Warren on a pedestal either.

I lot of folks here, particularly the anti-Hillary contingent seem to think Warren is, in addition to being more acceptably progressive, a more transcendental political figure.

[hedgehog]

16. I think it's regrettable when enthusiastic support of a politician is labelled

as engaging in messianic behavior. The same accusation was made of those of us who were enthusiastic supporters of Obama, and continues to be made of those who remain supporters.

I don't approve of absolutely everything Obama has done or not done, but in general, I think he's done a good job given the hand he was dealt.

No politician is perfect; no politician can do what each and every supporter would like to see done. I look over the field and sort them out into who is more likely to do what I would do in most circumstances, and who is least likely. If I get excited because I see someone who is close match, please don't accuse me of expecting the 2nd Coming.

Those of us who are older may recall the same rhetoric applied to supporters of Bobby Kennedy and Gene McCarthy.

[Blue_Adept]

14. She should stop dressing presidential then.

People are getting the wrong idea.

[KittyWampus]

15. But unless she utters the very same quote as Sherman, she's actually still running.

[tritsofme]

17. She has repeatedly declined to make a Shermanesque declaration

On her intentions, and her actions should be viewed in that context.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

18. She's doing a helluva job in the Senate...

And we don't need another vacancy in that seat to be taken by a Republican.

[Cali_Democrat]

21. Agreed. nt

[NYC Liberal]

19. Reminds me of 2005-2006 when people here INSISTED that Al Gore

would be running in 2008 despite numerous statements similar to those that have been made by Warren. They passed his statements the same way they're parsing hers.

Remember when Gore announced his candidacy? Me neither.