Friday, December 19, 2014

Fox Business News host Melissa Francis said on Tuesday about Elizabeth Warren and Wall Street's deep hostility to the Senator:
"And I can tell you from talking to people in the financial industry, in banking, on Wall Street, they think she is actually the devil. I mean, without question, Elizabeth Warren is the devil."
This statement clearly reveals the fear--from Fox to Wall Street--that Warren might run for president.

Well, now it's time for us to make those fears come true.

With the support of 87.6% of Democracy for America members, DFA just announced that we are joining our friends at MoveOn to launch the Run Warren Run campaign urging Sen. Warren to seek the Democratic presidential nomination.

This is one of the biggest campaigns in the history of DFA--and we see it as a win/win for Elizabeth Warren, the progressive movement, and the country.

If Sen. Warren runs, it will fundamentally change America.

And, even if she doesn't run, it will fundamentally shift the center of gravity in the Democratic Party between the Wall Street Wing and the Warren Wing.

But the only way Elizabeth Warren is going to consider running is if DFA members like you step up to make this unprecedented people-powered presidential draft campaign possible.

The best defense against Fox and Wall Street is to go on offense. Chip in $3 or more today and help DFA convince Elizabeth Warren to run for president.
Wall Street is running scared in reaction to Elizabeth Warren.

And they should be scared.

On issue after issue, Elizabeth Warren is fighting back for the American people:
  • In her game-changing speech on the Senate floor last Friday, Warren boldly declared to Citigroup that "we should have broken you up."
  • Warren is leading the effort to block the nomination of an unqualified Wall Street crony, Antonio Weiss, to a major position in the Treasury Department.
  • Warren also led the fight to stop the huge giveaways to Wall Street in the "cromnibus" bill last week, including new rules that weaken the all-important Dodd-Frank financial regulation law. 
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  • The effort failed, but Warren's perceived power increased, as the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the House followed her lead. 
The same reason Wall Street is so afraid of Elizabeth Warren is exactly why she should run for president.

She is a champion of the middle class, a warrior against income inequality, and believes that our government should work for "we the people"--not for the Wall Street elite.

The media is taking notice, as Fox's "devil" comment demonstrates.

Conservative columnist David Brooks even wrote a New York Times piece this week headlined "Warren can win."

 But first, we have to convince her to run.

A strong grassroots movement can do that, just as it convinced her to run for the Senate in 2012.