By now you have no doubt heard that Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has been given a seat in the Senate leadership, giving the Progressives a seat at the policy table. This is a good thing, but one would not think so based on the cry’s of some Democrats who were not in on the selection. You know what? The hell with them. Senator Warren is the best thing to happen to Progressives in a long time, and hopefully she will not sell out to the Democratic Party leaders.
The New York Times David Firestone wasn’t to sure about Warren’s new role and had this to say:
A mere liaison is not what the Democrats need right now. The right wing is already talking about entitlement cutbacks, givebacks in corporate taxes, and undoing financial regulations. If Ms. Warren is allowed to become the voice of Democratic opposition to the worst Republican policies, she may just help lead the party out of the wilderness.
Ms. Warren, in an interview with The Huffington Post after this post was published, said she had no intention of being a mere liaison, and plans to help the Democrats make policy decisions on issues like college affordability, minimum wage and Social Security.
So, hopefully Ms. Warren will steer Harry Reid and the rest of his merry clan towards some real help with the working poor and the middle class, as well as the ongoing garbage over health care.
We have a Progressive now in a position to do something other than to cower to the Republicans and their masters. Ms. Warren has been talking the talk, now let us see if she can walk the walk.
Also note from DailyKos:
Also note from DailyKos:
More proof they're learning—Sen. Harry Reid strongly supported Warren for this role precisely because of what happened in the election.
"If the ballot measure results are any indication, actual progressive policies remain popular with voters in red and blue states. I believe you’ll see a Senate Democratic caucus fight on behalf of those policies and provide the votes if and when Republicans are ready to act," Faiz Shakir, a senior adviser to Reid, told HuffPost earlier this month.There's no one better at shaping the progressive populist message in Congress than Warren, and Congress needs it for 2016. The Democrats as a whole need it for 2016. And here is where Warren can have a real effect on the 2016 presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton is not going to run a campaign that's discordant with what the Senate Democrats—with Warren shaping the policy and the message—are running on.
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