Since you asked. Why Elizabeth Warren? Why, since she too is "rich" and what is worse
a former Republican?
If you read Elizabeth Warren's book, you understand that while Obama was studying foreign policy and the Constitution, Elizabeth Warren was studying why people go bankrupt.
That gave Elizabeth Warren a deep, not just intellectual, understanding about why the middle class and poor are in economic decline in America. She is unique in her understanding. She has written books about it.
Prior to her study of bankruptcy, and even after the earlier years of it, she was not that interested in politics. She is, you know, from Oklahoma.
It is because she did not become a politician early on, that she sees the world like those of us in the 99% and not like those in the D.C. circuit.
It is because she studied the economic challenges and choices facing the 99% of Americans -- like trying to find someone to take care of your baby while both you and your spouse work outside the home -- like the cost of good education and whether to take on yet another student loan for graduate school or for another year of college -- whether to move to look for a new job when the job market where you are dries up -- whether to accept a job at low pay or try to wait for a good job with a livable income to come around -- whether to bother to send one more resume or fill out one more application when you have already gone that route hundreds of times and gotten no response -- all these dreadful economic choices that the 99% face and that people for whom it is no problem to pay a small fortune for a private school for their first-graders never do.
To explain to you why she is viewed as one of the 99% would take a post that would be so long you would never read it.
But it is because she doesn't just talk about the middle class or poverty, she gives us the sense she is fighting for us. Her speeches are fiery and filled with conviction, not just statistics or sort of dry, perfunctory promises. She knows the numbers. She knows what she wants.
If you read her book, you will realize that this is a woman who really fights. She gets so caught up in her fight, often in the struggle for economic fairness and honesty, and finds herself in a position in which someone asks her to do what is needed. And then, she responds. She forgets about herself and the cookies she needs to bake (yes, she bakes) and accepts yes, another job she never really particularly wanted or applied for but that she knows in her heart she must do because she is the only one with the knowledge and understanding, yes, to do it right.
That Elizabeth Warren was a Republican is not a problem because she can speak a language both Republicans and Democrats understand and maybe can agree on.
Very few of our democratic candidates match her in those respects. Obama did. And that is what won him the White House. I believe that Elizabeth Warren could win the White House even though Hillary is now ahead in the polls. Hillary's advantages are name recognition and her ties to Bill Clinton. The tie to Bill Clinton could easily become her greatest negative.
Besides, Elizabeth Warren has a lovable personality. She is not haughty or arrogant or overly sure of herself. She is not a political hack. Her nervousness and excitement when she speaks is palpable. Even her mistakes are appealing to most people. She cannot hide it. She is a woman on a mission, not a woman looking for a job.
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