This Group Is Starting the Elizabeth-Warren-for-President Campaign

[KittyWampus]

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/07/elizabeth-warren-ready-for-warren-president-2016

This Group Is Starting the Elizabeth-Warren-for-President Campaign
—By Andy Kroll| Tue Jul. 15, 2014 5:21 PM EDT

A group of progressive activists have unveiled Ready for Warren, a new outfit aimed at convincing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to run for president. Ready for Warren's website asks supporters to sign a petition urging Warren to get in the 2016 race. "It's time that the American people had a lobbyist of our own, and that lobbyist is Elizabeth Warren," the petition reads. "By standing up to Wall Street to defend Main Street, Warren has proven herself to be the spine that the Democratic Party forgot it had."

The Huffington Post reports that Ready for Warren's campaign manager is Erica Sagrans, an alum of President Obama's 2012 campaign. League of Young Voters founder Billy Wimsatt will serve as a senior adviser to the group. The group also has a Twitter account and a Facebook page.

Here's more from HuffPost:

Ready for Warren supporters will be bringing a van full of supporters to Netroots Nation, the annual gathering of progressive activists that is taking place in Detroit this week.

"We don't want to say too much about our exact plans, but we'll definitely be out in force and supporting Warren when she speaks on Friday," said Sagrans, adding, "We're planning on using Netroots as an opportunity to build on a lot of the momentum she's seen elsewhere and to show not only that she has progressive support—because I think we know that—but that there is an organized effort and people who are working on harnessing that support and building it into a real Draft Warren campaign."

The Ready for Warren supporters will have some competition at the conference. Ready for Hillary and its splashy bus will be there, and Vice President Joe Biden will be addressing the gathering for the first time.

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[1StrongBlackMan]

1. This can be a very good thing. eom.

[global1]

2. I Like Both Hillary and Warren - But Sometimes I Think That Warren.....

is the more genuine - and the real deal.

What could cause Hillary some problems is that her popularity is a double edged sword. People either know her and like her or they know her and don't like her because of some of her previous beliefs and stands on issues.

I personally would like to see Hillary, Warren, Biden, Sanders and even other Dems - like perhaps Sherrod Brown primary it out. May the best woman/man win the nomination.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. I like them both, as well ...

I think they both are equally genuine and want the same thing (economically) ... I think the difference we see is HRC is far more guarded in her comments, probably because she has been down this road before.

I personally would like to see Hillary, Warren, Biden, Sanders and even other Dems - like perhaps Sherrod Brown primary it out. May the best woman/man win the nomination.

That would be great, especially if/when the non-successful parties throw their full-throated support to the primary winner and work to keep their supporters engaged.