THE PROFESSORElizabeth Warren’s long journey into politics.

BY JEFFREY TOOBIN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

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ELIZABETH WARREN; MASSACHUSETTS; SCOTT BROWN; HARVARD UNIVERSITY; U.S. SENATE; (SEN.) EDWARD KENNEDY; BANKRUPTCY

ABSTRACT: PROFILE of Elizabeth Warren. Last summer, Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor, held a series of houseparties around Massachusetts to test support for a possible run for the United States Senate. At one such event, held at the Andover home of veteran Democratic activist M. J. Powell, Warren was asked if she was engaging in class warfare. She replied, “No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate.” The writer terms Warren’s speech a “rousing defense of the welfare state.” Warren was unaware she was being filmed, and footage of the speech was posted to YouTube several days later. Warren declared her candidacy for the Senate seat currently held by Republican Scott Brown.

via Elizabeth Warren’s Journey into Politics : The New Yorker.