So says Sam Stein over at the Huffington Post, according to certain "Democratic sources." Also worthy of note is that she has recruited two top aides to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick as part of an exploratory committee.
WASHINGTON -- One time Obama adviser and longtime consumer protection advocate Elizabeth Warren is moving towards a Senate run, several Democratic sources tell the Huffington Post.
The Massachusetts resident and Harvard Law School professor authored a post for an influential progressive state-based blog on Thursday afternoon pledging that she would not "stop fighting for middle class families." The article prompted a slew of speculation that Warren was poised to take on sitting Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.).
Stein also pulled some possible insinuations from this post of hers over at BlueMassGroup regarding the forthcoming campaign. Notably, she said this:
In the weeks ahead, I want to hear from you about the challenges we face and how we get our economy growing again. I also want to hear your ideas about how we can fix what all of us – regardless of party – know is a badly broken political system. In Washington, I saw up close and personal how much influence special interests have over our law-making, and I saw just how hard it is for families to be heard. I want to hear your thoughts about how we can make sure that our voices –our families, our friends, and our neighbors — are heard again.
Well if that doesn't sound like a campaign preamble, then I don't know what else could.
Given the frustrating defeat behind the effort to nominate her to head the CFPB, this would perhaps be an even better chance to have her as a real consumer advocate. It would also be one step further away from a possible GOP Majority Leader DeMint, as some fear next year.
Have to wait until Labor Day for the possible confirmation, but if it plays through...WOW!
An announcement is expected by around Labor Day, which I'm sure coincides with filing deadlines and the like. If this plays out, then I'm in.
3:30 PM PT: Wow, top of the rec list? First time for me. I'm honored. I'm just hoping that this plays through because (as some in the comments have mentioned) this would virtually erase the humiliation from the loss years back after Kennedy's passing. And that first debate? I predict a fifth-round KO.