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srican69

(1,426 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 10:24 AM Mar 2015

Here is why I wouldn't want to pressure Elizabeth Warren to run

Though we all love her very much and would Like to see her become president.. I don't think she herself has had the ambition for long.

she Has pretty well articulated positions on some areas had but typically those wanting to be a president need to have thought through a whole range of issues, including what kind of president they would want to be. Without that she will find that she would be flying by the seat of her pants and be prone to errors and manipulation in areas outside her main interests.


When I read Obama's first book , I got a sneaking suspicion that he wanted to be president way before he was a senator. He wouldnt have become a community organizer instead of raking big bucks as a lawyer had he not wanted to build a constituency. Nothing like this happens in a vacuum or by accident.

So my $0.02 is that we should give Elizabeth warren time and space to nurture her ambition. We all have already planted the seed in her mind. So be patient. She is smart enough to figure it out. And she will let us know when she has.

I am hoping for Elizabeth Warren 2024.








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Here is why I wouldn't want to pressure Elizabeth Warren to run (Original Post) srican69 Mar 2015 OP
Lots of folks want to do community organizing. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 #1
how many of them voluntarily give up $100/ hour job to become one? srican69 Mar 2015 #4
I hope she is still alive in 2024... OKNancy Mar 2015 #2
1949 jehop61 Mar 2015 #3
It's not the hardest job on earth Joe Turner Mar 2015 #7
I fear for her safety. nt Snotcicles Mar 2015 #5
You need to read her book. You'll get the same sneaking feeling. RiverLover Mar 2015 #6
 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
1. Lots of folks want to do community organizing.
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 10:35 AM
Mar 2015

>>>> He wouldnt have become a community organizer instead of raking big bucks as a lawyer had he not wanted to build a constituency. Nothing like this happens in a vacuum or by accident.>>>>

Few of them want to be POTUS.


Other than that your analysis makes sense. I want her to run ( and win) too. Her lack of foreign policy exp.... or even a well established POV.... is going to be a problem though.

jehop61

(1,735 posts)
3. 1949
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 10:37 AM
Mar 2015

was the year she was born. In 2025, she would be 76 years old. A bit old to begin the hardest job on earth.

 

Joe Turner

(930 posts)
7. It's not the hardest job on earth
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 05:48 PM
Mar 2015

It may be the most powerful office on earth but there are many professions where the difficulty of the job requirements are equal to or greater than the presidency.

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
6. You need to read her book. You'll get the same sneaking feeling.
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 10:56 AM
Mar 2015

And in 2024, Warren will be too old to take the helm.

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