NEW UPDATE: They’ve created an entirely new position for Warren. Read more here.
UPDATE: Politico says they’re going to pick Blue Dog Jon Tester instead. He’s good on war stuff, conservative on others.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is under consideration for a leadership position in the Senate Democratic caucus, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
Senate Democrats will be holding their leadership elections Thursday morning. A source saw Warren coming out of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) office Wednesday.
A spokesman for Reid declined to comment on why she was there, and Warren’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.
Having Warren in a leadership position would give the Senate’s most high-profile progressive member a voice in setting the caucus’ policy agenda. She recently wrote a Washington Post op-ed, reflecting on the party’s midterm losses, that called on Congress and the administration to push forward with progressive proposals that instead of cutting deals with Republicans simply for the sake of doing so.
Apparently the Democratic Party learned nothing from last weeks disastrous election. They are going to keep the same congressional leadership team intact and in place. We can discount Tester because he’s replacing Reid who is running for reelection in 2016, and Warren because she’s simply been invited into the room. So we’re going to get more Reid, more Pelosi, more Hoyer and more of the same old bullshit. Nobody will be held accountable for last Tuesday’s Democratic Party massacre. WTF? No wonder so many Democratic voters stayed home last Tuesday. Those of us who did vote should take a look at ourselves in the mirror. Maybe by voting we’ve become the conservatives propping up the corrupt and discredited political system? Are the real Progressives those who refuse to participate in this ridiculous charade by not voting?