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December 5, 2013
Elizabeth Warren pledges not to run for president in 2016
In a joint press conference with Boston's mayor-elect Martin Walsh, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren came pretty close to a Shermanesque declaration that she wouldn't run for president in 2016.
Boston Herald:
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged today she will not run for president in 2016 and when pressed added she will finish her six-year term.
The Bay State senior senator has been mentioned in the preliminary talk about the presidential race, but fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton has generated the most buzz.
"I'm not running for president and I plan to serve out my term," Warren said at a press conference in Boston with Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh.
When peppered about her intentions, she added: "I pledge to serve out my term.
"I am not running for president. I am working as hard as I can to be the best possible senator I can be," she said. "I am working as hard as I can to be the best the possible senator that I can be and to fight for the things that I...(Read Full Post)