Democrats love Elizabeth Warren. They just don’t want her anywhere near the levers of power. They’d prefer to see Warren focus on what she does best: attacking Wall Street. In a series of tweets posted Friday, she did just that:
The biggest Wall Street banks want a Washington that works only for them. Well they can forget it. http://t.co/ORtVvU5Ky0
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) March 27, 2015
I’m not going to stop talking about Citigroup’s unprecedented grasp on our government’s economic policymaking apparatus.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) March 27, 2015
I’m not going to stop talking about JPMorgan’s settlement agreements that are so weak, they celebrate by giving execs a raise. — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) March 27, 2015
And I’m not going to pretend our financial reform work is done when the "too big to fail banks" are bigger than they were in 2008. — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) March 27, 2015
Of course, no political tweetstorm would be complete without a link asking for money:
Let’s send the biggest Wall Street banks our own message: Your swagger & threats won’t stop us. http://t.co/6DHfn459Nn — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) March 27, 2015
The problem (for Democrats) with lashing out at Wall Street banks is that you end up attacking some of the most prominent financial backers of the presumptive Democratic nominee in 2016. Because liberals are deluding themselves when they refuse to acknowledge that Hillary Clinton is Wall Street’s candidate.
Consider the following list of Hillary Clinton's top contributors over the course of her career:
This trend will no doubt continue, although someone will have to step up to fill the void left by the now defunct Lehman Brothers. Warren's inevitable endorsement of Clinton is just going to be that much more awkward.