Should Clinton run, there is no clear rival-in-waiting on the left. But many others also described the former secretary of state and first lady as too close to Wall Street, too conservative on national security issues and as an insufficiently fiery champion for the middle class. And it’s not as if that sentiment is nonexistent: Several people said they see her as a trailblazer for women in politics. Netroots draws the most liberal elements of the Democratic base - but they are also among the most politically active, and Clinton will need to inspire enthusiasm among them should she run. Who would I really want to see run for president? Elizabeth Warren.” “I want to see run for president because I know she would win. “Let’s put it this way,” said Pamela Hilliard Owens, 63, a liberal blogger from Detroit. ( Also on POLITICO: Clinton: Europe must lead on plane react) Warren is set to deliver a much-anticipated keynote address on Friday morning Clinton, who is still on a book tour to promote her new memoir, is not expected to attend. Yet they still pine for the unattainable - the crusading senator from Massachusetts - never mind that Warren has said every which way it’s not happening. Interviews with more than a dozen attendees made clear the liberal base sees Clinton as a perfectly acceptable option - and probably their best shot at keeping the White House in Democratic hands. As the high-profile annual confab of progressives called Netroots Nation kicked off here Thursday, it took no time for a consensus on 2016 to emerge.
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