Here is the crux of the Boston Globe's argument for why Elizabeth Warren should run for president:
She should not shrink from the chance to set the course for the Democratic Party or cede that task to Hillary Clinton without a fight.
Wow.
I read the whole thing. Then I emailed the Boston Globe asking them if they are endorsing Warren for President. Nothing back so far.
Nowhere does the Boston Globe say Elizabeth Warren should BE the next president of the United States. They didn't even endorse her for the nomination. They did not articulate her readiness for the job, her experience to be a good leader, her judgment, her mind. That this is her time. Nothing. They didn't praise any of her work in the context of why it would make her a good president.
In short, they are quite clear in telling Mrs. Warren that she should merely be sparring partner for Hillary Clinton, because this would be good for Hillary Clinton's championship fight. They're saying, 'cmon Liz...do Hillary a solid and spend the next year or so not doing your life's work, but instead blowing a bunch of time and money on a job you don't want, we don't think you're going to get, and aren't endorsing you for.'
Yes, I'm sure Senator Warren must be very grateful for such 'support.'
If the Boston Globe thinks Elizabeth Warren ought to be President of the United States, then they should woman up and say so. They should tout her views on foreign policy, national security, and military force. They should present her legislative agenda to the public. And they should introduce her personal history, biography, and her family. These are things the American people expect of their president.
But to simply use Elizabeth Warren's carefully built up credibility, her life's work which is finally giving her some influence, in order to gin up conflict for the establishment media to get their big presidential payday is pretty insulting. Not only to Warren personally, but all those who support her.