Far too liberal to play nationwide. Furthermore, Warren at the top of the ticket will be an invitation to Wall Street and other special interests to just open the floodgates against Warren. You will see Democrats get out raised like you've never seen in presidential history. You don't want to piss the big money off.
If the Democratic Party is going to cater to Wall Street and special interests, there's no reason for us to nominate anyone.
That's the problem with our party. We need to stop being fatalistic and trying to win by moderation. Obama showed that if you have a strong message and candidate, you can win with progressive policies. If we're going to actually matter, we need to change the conversation and change what is politically acceptable in America. Obama's 2008 platform was to the left of John Kerry in 2004 and it didn't seem to cost Obama at all.
Elizabeth Warren may not be the right candidate to win in 2016, sure. But, as Democrats, we can't write off her message about economic opportunity and fighting back against the big banks, insurance companies, oil companies and big special interests. That needs to be our message in 2016, whether our candidate is Hillary Clinton or someone else.
