In fact I've told some of my Tennessee Democratic party honchos that they need to dust off and update some of Huey Long's speeches. Warren is no Huey Long , but she's what we have today.

EW is the party leader right now, despite her lack of an official position in the party. She's our moral conscience and that's what being a Democrat should be about.

and has lived in Texas. She speaks the language. If she turns a couple of House seats or a Senate seat, Hillary better look out. If Warren helps knock off the Turtle she puts the South in play and the party will be begging her to run.

Too bad he's so young, they said. Too bad he's only been in the Senate a couple of years at this point. Someday he'll make a fine President, but first of course Hillary Clinton will be getting the nomination and probably elected. Not to worry. He'll still be young enough in 2016 (and by then he'll have had over a decade in the Senate) and he'll run then.

The common wisdom about who will run or who will win is often wrong.

I am rather bemused that the Hillary supporters are adamant that she really is running and will absolutely get the nomination and be elected, despite the fact that she's been saying all along that she isn't, or at least hasn't made up her mind. On the other hand, they totally believe Elizabeth Warren when she says she's not running. How odd is that?