When he won Teddy Kennedy’s Senate seat, much to the surprise of everyone, Scott Brown hung out the “for sale” sign as soon as he got to Washington. He became the Bankster’s boy and now sits on a pile of $10 million Bankster bucks to finance his next campaign. In the other corner, we may have Elizabeth Warren, a feisty champion for Main Street Americans, with the knowledge and integrity to challenge Wall Street, if she can win the Democratic primary. Yesterday she made it official.
Elizabeth Warren announced her candidacy for the United States Senate on Wednesday morning, then plunged right into street-level politics, arriving at a train stop here shortly after sunrise to greet potential voters at the outset of what promises to be a long and heated race.
Ms. Warren, a Harvard professor and consumer advocate whose attacks on Wall Street have won her a national fan base, must first compete in a crowded Democratic primary contest that will not take place until next September. Should she win that race, she will go on to oppose Senator Scott P. Brown, a popular Republican incumbent whose seat Democrats consider a crucial target if they are to keep control of the Senate after 2012.
In an announcement video released early Wednesday, Ms. Warren, 62, painted herself as an unyielding defender of the middle class, an image she has been honing for years and which will be central to her campaign… [emphasis added]
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Here is her announcement video.
And here is her interview with Rachel Maddow.
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Not that I’m important enough for this to matter, my first official endorsement for 2012 is Elizabeth Warren for Senator!
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Thanks for the link, and I’m proud to announce that I just made a donation to Elizabeth’s campaign.
YVW, Nameless. That makes two of us.
YESYESYES!!!!
AMENAMENAMEN!!!! 😉
She is definitely facing an uphill battle. The people need her to win.
I agree, Patty.
What’s the law on campaign donations? Are we allowed to donate from out of state?
The short answer: Yes. There are limits on the amount donated, and you have to supply your name, address and occupation/employer information.
The long (as in More-Than-You-Want-To-Know) answer is here, from the Federal Election Commission: http://www.fec.gov/law/feca/feca.shtml
I trust that the limits will be much higher than any of us can afford, and donating from out of state is fine.
Wish I could afford to donate – alas! In my youth campaigns were financed for the most part by the $! extra you contributed on your IRS statement – what happened? – how can we return? That’s more of a problem than the absurd campaign funds wasted in an economy that can hardly afford it! I – being a former Massachusettsiac, I have faith in the fact that there is more intelligence in the commonwealth than there is in most of the country, and while money and financing may wow the gals – there are enough sophisticated liberals to see through the allure of “sugar daddy”!
What happened, Lee, is that Republicans cot control of the Supreme Court and undid 50 years of campaign finance reform. How we can return is to keep Republicans out of power long enough to restore the balance and reinstate campaign finance reforms. The only way to do that is to vote for Democrats.
Being Canadian and living on the west coast, I had never heard of Elizabeth Warren until just recently in TomCat’s articles. I trust what he says, but I also like to make my own informed decision about a person. I watched the video clips and seeing some stills, I like this woman’s direct, no nonsense personal approach. Watch her eyes — she’s looking straight at you, not through you and not around you, but right in your eyes as she speaks and listens. That my friends is integrity, warmth, and willingness to be part of your dream.
From the New York Times “Ms. Warren painted herself as an unyielding defender of the middle class.” She commented that “The middle class has been chipped at, hacked at, squeezed and hammered for a generation now,” . . . “I don’t think Washington gets it.” I agree. With so many holier than thou Repulicans in Washington whose only interests are in themselves and the wealthy friends and banksters, how can they get it? They don’t care about the average American. If they did, things would be done a whole lot differently.
From the New York Times “Mr. Brown, a former state senator, was seen as a pickup-driving everyman who understood the problems of average Americans. ” Well I wonder what his constituents will say when they see where his campaign fund is coming from — the very banksters that would destroy the middle class? I’m sorry to see Teddy Kennedy’s 47 years of Senate service representing the average American from Massachusettes capped off with a smarmy Republican, a pretender to the throne. Take Mr Brown out to the out-house and he can sit on that throne!
One of his people said “Scott Brown is going to keep his focus on creating jobs, keeping taxes low and getting spending and debt under control.” — how can he do that when that is not the republican agenda? No Republican is an island unto himself, afterall, don’t forget that pledge that they take, and I’m not referring to the oath of office.
It is also interesting to note that Mr Obama “decided against tapping her to run it (consumer protection bureau) after Republicans vowed to block the nomination. — Can it be that the Republicans are afraid of her? I hope so.
As I was listening to Elizabeth Warren, I had a vision of her as a female superhero with an American flag as her cape, doing battle with the forces of the evil Republicans. And she won! Elizabeth Warren, the first woman Senator for the Commonwealth of Massachusettes!
Lynn, you seem to have gotten a pretty good handle on who she is. If you search for her on YouTube, You’ll find many excellent clips.