Elizabeth Warren Officially Launching Senate Campaign Against Scott Brown

[kpete]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Former White House financial reform adviser Elizabeth Warren will officially launch her campaign for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts on Wednesday, challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Brown.

“The pressures on middle class families are worse than ever, but it is the big corporations that get their way in Washington,” Warren said in a statement. “I want to change that. I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.”

Warren has been exploring a run in recent weeks, and has been on a listening tour of the state.

Brown was elected to the Senate in a special election in January 2010, following the death of long-time Sen. Ted Kennedy, in a stunning upset against Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley. A recent survey showed Brown leading the lesser-known Warren by 44%-35%, but with the incumbent below the crucial 50% mark in a state that is expected to vote Democratic by a wide margin in the presidential race.


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[jaxx]

1. That's some good news!

[otohara]

4. So Little These Days

time to donate....Sen. Elizabeth Warren... has nice ring to it.

[bjobotts]

28. Hope she uses the same rhetoric she used against the Wall Street bankers crowd

[KeyserSoze87]

2. YES!

This is so exciting!

:bounce: :woohoo:

[Inuca]

3. Fingers crossed & hoping for teh best n/t

[tblue]

5. She is worth working our tail off for.

Sen. Kennedy's former seat deserves nothing less than her.

[peace frog]

42. Abso-damn-lutely

Best wishes for success from the Sunshine state, where we lose rather than gain great congressmen/women.

[SoapBox]

6. Yes, Yes, YES! A super-duper K & R on this!!!!!

[Seedersandleechers]

7. Senator Elizabeth Warren

Please let it be!

[onehandle]

8. Website? Website? Website? Credit card ready... nt

[Left Coast2020]

52. Hows this for a website? Ask are ye shall receive!

http://www.elizabethwarren.com/

But explorer is screwing up on me. I got page failed to load. Typical IE glitch.

Go Dr. Warren!!!
:woohoo:

[masmdu]

9. Warren for President 2016

[joshcryer]

25. Came to post this. She will be the first female President.

And she'll be a damn good one because by then we'll have the Congress. Shit will get done.

[wordpix]

41. sure hope so but let's help get her to Senate first

[Psephos]

50. I'd settle for Senator. :) n/t

[Jakes Progress]

10. A good place for the donations that I won't be sending to Washington.

I work and donate locally. This is what I can do for beyond my district and state.

[xxqqqzme]

57. Agree - All politics is local

so that is where my limited funds and volunteer time is directed. I will scrape together a few dollars here and there and send it to Warren. I wish I could vote for her. We need more women in the Senate!

[Firebrand Gary]

11. Wooooo Hooooo! I am donating again as soon as she make it public.

[yesphan]

12. Although I can't vote for her

I can sure donate to her campaign!

http://www.elizabethwarren.com/?gclid=CL-UzvmIm6sCFe4AQAodQ12dhw

Some good things do come out of Oklahoma, they just tend to not stay.

[valerief]

13. Fabulous news! Brown belongs back in the centerfold, not in Congress. nt

[David Sky]

66. a fifty year old EX Senator showing off his naughty bits? I don't think so!

Let's just make sure he never runs for political office again, (he might want to run for Governor of Mass, you know!)

[BeHereNow]

14. I just hope she stays off those small planes.

TPTB have a way of recognizing and eliminating any one
who might truly unite the people and move them to action through truth.
Stay safe Elizabeth.

BHN

[joshcryer]

27. Morbid.

But accurate...

[2Design]

15. is this the same weak candidate from last time?

[chelsea0011]

17. Unfortunately yes, but he won anyway.

and I'm talking about Brown.

[rasputin1952]

34. No, not at all...

Unless you are talking about Brown...:D

Warren is a fighter and an extremely serious consumer advocate...she should take this, but she's going to need the good people of MA behind her.

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[Demeter]

16. Crossing My Fingers, Toes

arms, legs, and eyes. Good luck, Elizabeth!

[tcaudilllg]

18. Ted's real successor!

Hoping she wins. :)

[geckosfeet]

19. Oh yeasss! Watch the koch bros money pour in in this one. I hope they lose thier shirt.

[David Sky]

67. Brown is already awash with out-of-state money in his bank roll...

This won't be easy.

[geckosfeet]

75. This is what I mean. Lots of out of state (read koch bros) money for Brown

[BumRushDaShow]

20. K&R

:applause:

[pinto]

21. Yeah!

:thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

[Zorra]

22. YES!!! YAY!!!

She's a shoo in.

Go Elizabeth!

[chelsea0011]

23. "academic liberal elitist"...you will here this over and over

Brown used the term before she was a candidate and the republicants in Mass are already breathing it in and out

[marasinghe]

30. like dictatorships of every variety - label all intellectuals as "reactionaries" -

then abuse them to the grave, with death squads, prisons & labor camps.

Liberals need to pound the message into these evil, stupid, fascist scum:
Liberal = living in reality (to paraphrase Stephen Colbert);
Liberal = common sense;
Liberal does not mean impractical, philosophical hypotheses.
And, Socialism does not equal dictatorships.

it is nigh impossible to deal politely & reasonably with the venomous predator class - see how well that worked out for Obama. the sociopathic right-wing has to be crushed & driven back to the figurative jungles they were spawned & belong in; they are unable to operate by the rules of decent civilized society. these are the scum who cheer throwing sick people into the streets, to die; and cheer the bombing of innocent foreigners to smithereens, just to satisfy their bloodlust for illogical feelings of revenge -directed against people who never caused them harm.

We need people with the public exposure and the guts - people just like Elizabeth Warren & Alan Grayson - to crush these dumb, arrogant, vicious swine, with facts & logic & reasoned rhetoric.

i am so happy this Lady is running for office.

[marasinghe]

24. thank you, Ms. Warren; sock it to 'em.

:bounce:

[joshcryer]

26. So, all those people saying Obama threw Warren under the buss...

...where are they now?

[marasinghe]

32. i don't think the two propositions are mutually exclusive. n/t

[joshcryer]

38. Why not? Word was that she didn't want the position and that she was going to run for Senate.

Barney Frank was trying to get people to calm down over it because he had an idea of what she wanted to do. And yet everyone still said Obama was throwing her under the bus by not appointing her. If he did that and she refused it would've looked bad politically speaking.

[marasinghe]

40. i haven't heard her say anything in public - or private - about her not wanting the position.

in fact, when she came on The Daily Show, for an extended interview with Jon Stewart, she never mentioned a thing about not wanting the job. Although, to be fair, the question of whether she was to be the head of the consumer agency - never surfaced either.

what i gathered from that interview, and from her comments on other occasions, was that - she was so gung ho for that agency, she would relish the prospect of being its head. but again - that's just my opinion. i don't know of any actual statements by her, for or against it.

the Barney Frank comment had been discussed & rejected, right here on DU, as a valid indication of Ms. Warren not wanting to serve as the consumer agency chief. i don't have the time & inclination now, to go search for those links - but, if you care to do so, i'm sure you'll find them quite readily.

cheers.

[joshcryer]

56. Wait, Barney's quote was rejected?

He said http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/16/warren-didnt-want-permane_n_719932.html">outright, "She always said she didn't want to be there as a permanent director. Some of the liberals are worried about it. It's almost an insult to Elizabeth. She wouldn't take this if there was the slightest impediment to her doing the job." I don't know how it could be rejected. Could you explain why this quote is wrong?

To be honest I would be shocked to have a quote from Warren where she claimed she wanted to run it, we already know the agency will be weakened depending on the whims of Congress, and she doesn't need to be there playing in a system that is going to just fester. The agency exists and she can do better by strengthening it in Congress, and eventually the Presidency.

[bhikkhu]

29. Awesome!

That would be amazing if she could kick brown out of the senate!

[RaleighNCDUer]

31. Yayyy!

[katty]

33. Go Elizabeth!!

[Arkana]

36. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

*breathe*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

...

...what?

[rasputin1952]

37. K&R

:woohoo:

:kick:

[Mass]

39. Good. Now we can start this primary. Not sure she is my candidate for this.

But it is good to have that many excellent candidates.

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[Mass]

47. No, she is running for 2012.

[TomCADem]

44. Sweet!

[TheCowsCameHome]

45. As a MA voter, I say that's good news

[FailureToCommunicate]

46. Fired up and ready to volunteer!

Try and restore a bit of honor to the seat formerly held by a giant.

[NBachers]

48. OK- this is the one that'll be my prime focus in 2012

[Lena inRI]

49. Praise the day . . .

. . .when Elizabeth Warren becomes a U.S. Senator.

PRAY for the day she becomes our U.S. President in 2016.

What we really need is President Warren next year.

For me, her candidacy is the only light left at the end of this interminably infernal tunnel of craven government failure.

Count me in, for Senator-President Elizabeth Warren!

[whathehell]

58. +1

Love the poster, too!

[devils chaplain]

51. Thrilled. She is awesome. N/T

[No Elephants]

53. I hope someone beats the Brown turd.

[Marrah_G]

54. Awesome- Elizabeth you have my time and money

I don't have tons of either, but I am definitely going to do what I can to help :)

[druidity33]

59. ditto that from me Marrah! nt.

[orbitalman]

55. K & R x 1000 n/t

[BREMPRO]

60. one of my heros! a smart honest fighter for the workers and families of america!

big FU to Repukes and amoral corporate culture.. Elizabeth is coming to town!

[Nothing Without Hope]

61. Glad to be able to vote for her in MA! K & R (n/t)

[Bombtrack]

62. any other DUers on the South Shore?

[tpsbmam]

63. YAHOOOOOOOOO! Kickety kick & rec'y rec!! nt

[FreeBillClinton]

64. Meh... is the possibility of electing a democrat to the Senate in Mass. now a victory?

Nothing against Warren, but it seems like democrats have fallen so far we need to celebrate things that we would have taken for granted in the past.

[Kingofalldems]

65. Kick for good news

[Blue Owl]

68. DOWN WTH BROWN

Kick his ass.

[ooglymoogly]

69. One of the few candidates I feel at one with.

This woman is presidential material. And, and, and, she is from my wonderful state.

[mvd]

70. K&R

She would be a great Senator.

[glowing]

71. The President will need her Coat Tails in MA once more people

know who she is and what she's about... She'll be pulling the Dems and Indies out so the President will benefit from her running for Senate... Isn't that ironic when he wouldn't appoint her for the agency she pushed for and created. We are better off having her make legislation in the Senate.. She can re-enforce the power and heft of her Baby from their.

[Beavker]

72. I'm surprised there aren't more like her out there

It's a shame there isn't.

I hope she mops the floor with Brown. Come on Mass!

[SpankMe]

73. The woman's a goddess. n/t

[Laelth]

74. Awesome news! n/t

-Laelth

[MADem]

76. Elizabeth Warren enters Mass. Senate race

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren promised to advocate for middle-class families squeezed by big corporations as she enters Massachusetts' Democratic primary, hoping to best a crowded field vying to challenge incumbent Republican Scott Brown for his Senate seat.

Warren is to kick off her campaign greeting Boston commuters on Wednesday morning, then travel to other cities across the state to meet voters.

"The pressures on middle-class families are worse than ever, but it is the big corporations that get their way in Washington," Warren said in a statement released Tuesday announcing her bid. "I want to change that. I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts."

Warren was heavily courted to join the race. Democrats have been seeking a major challenger for the seat long held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Hoping to hold on to their narrow Senate majority, Democrats have made Brown a top target in the blue state. Kennedy's former seat has special significance for Massachusetts Democrats.


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She's IN!!!

[cosmicone]

77. yayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! n/t

[avaistheone1]

78. She will be superb.

:kick:

k&r

[Kingofalldems]

79. Kick this one to the top

[harun]

80. Win

[jmowreader]

81. If she actually goes out and campaigns, she should be fine

The reason we have a Repuke in Ted Kennedy's seat is Martha Coakley decided the voters would just choose her because of the (D) by her name.

I have no doubt Elizabeth Warren knows this, and will campaign in the proper manner--which means pressing flesh at Bruins, Red Sox and Patriots games.

[MBS]

82. Someone said that Coakley would "rather eat ground glass than campaign".

He was right. She reportedly sniffed at Scott Brown campaigning at Fenway Park, "in all that cold." She threw the election away: the worst example of political malpractice I've ever witnessed. Two+ years later, I'm still furious about the whole thing.
I assume that no MA democrat will ever make that mistake again.

[MADem]

83. She was shaking hands at the T in the morning and then off to Springfield.

And she was on TV like mad.

I think she's willing to campaign. She will have to plow through a primary field too, which will be a good test. There will be debates!