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Playinghardball

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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:41 PM Jun 2014

Elizabeth Warren's mission

Some politicians know they want to be in public office and scramble to come up with the reason why. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is an accidental, improbable politician – a self-described "outsider" – who knows exactly what she wants to accomplish on the inside.

The Massachusetts Democrat insists that she's not running for president, and there's little reason to doubt her - although, interestingly, Warren sticks doggedly to the present tense to describe her intentions.

I asked Warren about this phrasing the other afternoon over iced tea mixed with lemonade at a restaurant near her Capitol Hill office. In these precincts, senator sightings are commonplace but, even here, Warren enjoys celebrity status; the manager promptly presented Warren with a copy of her memoir, "A Fighting Chance," to sign.

Why not simply declare that she will not run for president in 2016? "I am not running for president in 2016," Warren responded. Yes, I pressed, but why not say, I am not running and I will not run ?
Because we can't get so deeply involved in the politics of 2016 that we miss the importance of the issues in front of us today in July of 2014 and the 2014 election," Warren replied, jumping slightly ahead of the calendar. "It is absolutely crucial to stay focused right now on this set of issues and that's what I'm doing."

Hmmm. "The point is not to try to create any ambiguity," Warren added. "I am not running. I think I am being definitive."

More here: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/06/23/elizabeth-warrens-mission/11267997/

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Elizabeth Warren's mission (Original Post) Playinghardball Jun 2014 OP
Yup, she's still "stick(ing) doggedly to the present tense to describe her intentions"... ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #1
 

ChisolmTrailDem

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1. Yup, she's still "stick(ing) doggedly to the present tense to describe her intentions"...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:52 PM
Jun 2014


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