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To: koan who wrote (238446)	11/22/2013 1:27:23 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543020

Is that the Warren who signed a letter saying, "Run, Hil, Run"? I don't think there is one female Dem who will run against her. All female Democratic senators signed a letter to Hillary Clinton encouraging her to run for president in 2016. Sen. Kay Hagan mentioned the letter on Monday at an Emily's List event, which was an accident according to ABC News. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) organized the 16 senators to sign the private letter, Democratic aides told ABC News. Boxer did not comment to ABC about the letter, but reiterated her support for Clinton. "I have repeatedly said -- publicly, privately and in writing -- that Hillary Clinton should run for president in 2016," Boxer said in a statement to ABC news. "I can only speak for myself. I'll leave it to my colleagues to describe their views." Boxer's support for Clinton comes as less of a surprise than the support of senators like Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), whose names have been discussed as possible candidates in 2016 as well. The senators reportedly sent the letter to Clinton in February. talkingpointsmemo.com

To: koan who wrote (238446)	11/22/2013 1:35:17 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543020

I am thinking that if you're thinking that Warren is thinking about running, then your thinking is wrong. ;-) I think that Warren is thinking about leveraging the Democratic political narrative toward more Wall Street and banking regulation and that talk about running might help do so. And she would run only to further move that narrative. She knows she has no serious electoral hopes beyond the senate and will have to work extremely hard to keep the seat. She strikes me as much too hard headed to consider running as some sort of real possibility she could win the Dem nomination. Nor even get the vp nod. If Clinton is the nominee, the vp nod will go to someone who is perceived as the classic Dem "moderate", a label no longer available to Clinton. No one leaps to mind but I have little doubt there will be lots available, eager, whatever.