The significant impact of the donor class will be felt when they make a decision on where to place their bets. For 2016 this means the Spring of 2015. We have a little over a year to help them make that decision.
For months now I've been lulled into the false belief that Hillary is a lock for 2016, but as the media begins to scrutinize her baggage I'm growing increasingly dissatisfied with the idea that she is the only electable female candidate.
I've been increasingly swayed by diarists who point out that she sat on the board of directors for Walmart for several years, accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars to give pro disaster-capitalism speeches to the executives of Goldman Sachs telling them that attacking banks is a bad idea, and am reminded that it was her husband who deregulated the industry. Every one of these points was highlighted today by Krystal Ball on MSNBC and at the end of the segment the reason why we should shift to Elizabeth Warren became crystal clear.
As much as I would love to see Bill Clinton in the white house just to make Fox News producers cry themselves to sleep for eight years, the difference between Hillary and Elizabeth Warren can be summed up in one word: mission.
Warren is on a mission to achieve something that no other President has tried: real progressive values translating into policies. Should we eat the low hanging fruit or should we begin the long hard work of electing a real progressive?