The Professor has noted stories flitting here and there
in the corners of the net about the possibility of Elizabeth Warren being named
Ms. Clinton’s VP candidate – there are several practical reasons why this is a
bad idea – one if Warren resigns the current sitting Governor of MA he gets to appoint a new Senator – and
we don’t need yet another GOP senator right now what with one and probably a
lot more Supreme court justice spots to be taken care of – and there is of
course no certainty that the following election will give the seat back to the
Democratic Party.
The Professor hates the idea not just for the reasons
stated above but because, being the cynical monster that he is suspects that
there is an ulterior motive for this, namely to get Ms. Warren out of the
Senate where she actually doing some good in reigning in Wall Street’s outsized
influence on all policy and even more importantly has embarrassed several Wall
Street executives when they testified in the Senate. And you can’t have that at
all
Reid who the stories mention as being the driving force
behind this idea has proven himself if nothing else very sensitive to the
feelings of the donor class and especially Wall Street. I’m sure he’s been given
an earful of how mean Ms. Warren is to them and how it may make then not like
folks like Senator Reid to the tune of millions of dollars. This has left Reid
with a conundrum – how to get rid of Ms. Warren without looking like he is
getting rid of Ms. Warren. Sponsoring a primary opponent would give the game
away and besides she is popular and she isn’t due for election in a while…what
to do?
Well there is a position in the Federal Government that
has absolutely no power and is in charge of nothing.
Vice President.
Seriously aside from Dick Cheney the office is pretty
much a huge nothing burger consisting of standing next to the president looking
attentive when they are making an announcement and going to meetings and
funerals of foreign dignitaries that the president doesn’t want to talk to. I’m
sure Reid thinks this is a perfect place to put Warren where she can’t cause
any mischief or embarrass the important people.
My father once told me about a practice some companies do
when they wanted to get rid of someone but they couldn’t just fire them or let
them go they would give them a job where they had nothing to do all day – and
after a time as there were driven people they would quit. It was called above
ground burial.
Ms. Warren I hope I’m wrong but it feels like they are
building your political career a tomb.
