Elizabeth Warren: too dangrous to the right to let her win.

Dana Milbank writes about Elizabeth Warren in today's WaPost:

What was that about a Democratic "enthusiasm gap"?

Whichever pollster coined that phrase neglected to consult with the citizens converging this week on the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall here. They filled the parking lot, then the one next door, then the one across the street.

“I couldn’t contain myself when I heard she’d be here,” said Matt Szafranski, a blogger at the Springfield event.

“I’ve already donated twice, and I’m looking to go to a rally,” said Fran Miffitt, a retired nurse.

By the time the candidate arrived for the meeting – a prosaic organizing session for volunteers -- there were nearly 300 people crammed into Local 7 to catch a glimpse of her. When she took the stage, a sea of cameras and smartphones rose, as if at a rock concert.

All this for a law professor who specializes in contracts? But Elizabeth Warren, the former advisor to President Obama who is now trying to unseat Republican Sen. Scott Brown, is no mere professor, or candidate. She is a phenomenon.

Yes, she certainly is.  I can't believe how many of my friends are talking about her as if she was a savior sent from above.  "Warren for President in 2016,"  No, "Warren for President in 2012!"  Write in her name!

I admit, I get excited too when I listen to what she says and see how people react to her message.  She reminds me of Barack Obama when he was running for President, and that's why I'm a little nervous.  We got burned with Obama.  So let's be a little skeptical here folks, once elected and in office, politicians often change when they have to go crawling on bended knee before the wealthy, begging for money for the next big election.

But, here's what I wish the Democrats would recognize, the people out here in America are desperate for someone who is willing to fight for us!  Today's Democrats are so scared to fight hard for the middle class because they think it is a losing cause.  It ISN'T!   Imagine if there were 20 Elizabeth Warrens out here saying what Warren has been saying!  It would be a game changer. 

As it is, Warren is just one gutsy politician and the only way she is going to make a difference is if she wins big next year.  Because she's the only one saying what she's saying, the right is going to go all out to defeat her, and as long a there is only one voice they must silence (at any cost!), they will probably succeed.  That's why we need more like her, and soon. 

--Trakker

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All our pie is growing taller

Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007 CBO October 2011

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-study-that-shows-why-occupy-wall-street-struck-a-nerve/2011/10/27/gIQA3bsMNM_story.html 28Oct11]

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Yes, America in a nutshell. In all honesty, however, I suspect this has been the norm in our country from 1776 to roughly 1935, then again from about 1980 til today.

A large prosperous middle class in this country is not the norm and it took the New Deal (and WWII with the GI Bill) to build it up to what I remember growing up. Today we can choose to rescue the middle class or revert back to the bad old days. I'm betting on the latter because Americans aren't smart enough to realize that wealth is a national resource. The smart, hard-working, healthy, lucky people build wealth and have a right to keep most of it, but the rest must be shared to keep the country strong and keep the workers who keep the country running smoothly healthy (and content).

This flies in the face of America's proud rugged-individualist image of ourselves.

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A Saint With Sharp Elbows

In January of last year, Elizabeth Warren went on The Daily Show and did what was then, and still is, that rarest of things: She gave a cogent, compelling, almost crystalline account of the financial collapse.