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  • Elizabeth Warren fires up liberal base in Mass.[ Bank Bailout Manager loved by the left ]

    11/14/2011 10:37:04 PM PST · by NoLibZone · 10 replies
    AP ^ | Nov 14 2011 | AP
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is filling a void for liberal but disillusioned Democrats who flocked to President Barack Obama in 2008. She's attracting attention, money and help the liberal left isn't yet eager to give to Obama. A longtime consumer advocate, the Harvard University professor has cast herself as a crusader against corporations and once said her work provided the "intellectual foundation" of the Occupy Wall Street movement — a statement Warren later backed away from. She's drawing large crowds and flexing her fundraising muscle with help from national progressive groups as her candidacy has caught...