Pierce writes: "Senator Professor Warren would like all of you to chill, please."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Boston Herald)
05 December 13
enator Professor Warren would like all of you to chill, please.
"I'm not running for president and I plan to serve out my term," Warren said at a press conference in Boston with Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh. When peppered about her intentions, she added: "I pledge to serve out my term. "I am not running for president. I am working as hard as I can to be the best possible senator I can be," she said. "I am working as hard as I can to be the best the possible senator that I can be and to fight for the things that I promised during my campaign that I would fight for. I am fighting for bank accountability. I am fighting hard to help rebuild America's middle class."
This, of course, comes from former Senator McDreamy's most prominent local fanzine- one in which a featured columnist today argued that McDreamy would have won if it weren't for all the places that didn't vote for him- and notice the way things got themselves pivoted from politics to policy.
When asked if she sees a clash looming between Hillary Clinton's centrist wing of the party vs her liberal branch, Warren dodged any mention of the former U.S. Secretary of State. "It's not how pundits want to describe different parts of the process. The way I see it right now is about the changes we need to make. It's how we build a future going forward," she said. "Let me give you an example. We need to raise the minimum wage. We need to do it here in Mass. And we need to do it all across the country. Families who work full time should not live in poverty. That's something that I argued for, Democrats are arguing for, and frankly most people in the United States support. ...We need to get Congress in line with where the American people are. This is not about ideology. This is about concrete ways to help strengthen America's working families."
You see, substance is always a "dodge" of the important questions about the (Rrrrrrowrrrrrr!) Democratic catfight (!) Thus doth American political journalism roll.
Charlie has been a working journalist since 1976. He is the author of four books, most recently "Idiot America." He lives near Boston with his wife but no longer his three children.
