Elizabeth Warren's Prospective Senate Bid Gains Labor Support

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Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- The Massachusetts labor community appears to be coalescing around Elizabeth Warren's prospective Senate candidacy, with a regional arm of the AFL-CIO inviting the consumer advocate to give the keynote address at a Labor Day event this weekend.

Warren, who is expected to formally announce a Senate bid in the weeks ahead, will address the Greater Boston Labor Council this Monday during its annual breakfast. The speaking gig is a plum spot for a Democratic politician. Other attendees at the event who weren't granted the keynote slot include Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Lt. Governor Timothy Murray and Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin.

While an invitation to speak doesn't equate with a formal endorsement, it's worth noting that none of the other Democratic Senate aspirants -- Newton Mayor Setti Warren, social entrepreneur Alan Khazei and State Representative Thomas Conroy -- will be at the affair.

"Elizabeth Warren and the Greater Boston Labor Council share an essential characteristic," said GBLC spokesman Louis Mandarini. "We advocate for working people. The work she did in TARP oversight and setting up the CFPB is akin to helping people form unions and helping them in the workplace."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/02/elizabeth-warren-labor-support-senate-candidate_n_946528.html

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And I want her to run for President in 2016.

[Mass]

1. Either make it official or get out of the way. We have a ton of good candidates

who cant get any news coverage because of her. So, the best she can do is to make an official decision.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Kick and Recommend.

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[Qutzupalotl]

4. President Warren.

She could do it.

[No Elephants]

5. Not if she loses to the Brown turd.

[Qutzupalotl]

9. True, but I doubt she will.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Kick this one to the top

[MissMillie]

7. learned today that Capuano will not run for this seat again

which is sad... he's wildly popular in this state and his name isn't Fox News fodder.


I like Warren, but Warren will galvanize the right much more than Capuano would. Capuano is too popular to cause the stir that Warren will. And Capuano would have served honorably.

Let me repeat, I LIKE WARREN!!! I'm just thinking about things like spin and fund-raising. Warren would be a boon to Brown's re-election campaign.

[TomCADem]

8. K & R! Brown is Going Down!

I am looking forward to supportinh her Senate run and victory over Scott Brown.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. Code Brown!