“In Democratic circles, disappointment in the promise of the Obama presidency and unease over a possible restoration of the Clintons have made” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), “who was sworn in just 10 months ago, the object of huge interest and the avatar of a newly assertive, fervently populist left eager for a more confrontational approach to politics,” the New York Times reports.
Warren “said in an interview that she was not interested in seeking the presidency… But in seizing on issues animating her party’s base — the influence of big banks, soaring student loan debt and the widening gulf between the wealthy and the working class — Ms. Warren is challenging the centrist economic approach that has been the de facto Democratic policy since President Bill Clinton and his fellow moderates took control of the party two decades ago.”
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