Liberals are declaring victory after President Obama’s State of the Union address, with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee saying that he echoed Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, who has been mentioned as a possible 2016 presidential candidate for the left wing of the party.
“President Obama is sounding more like Elizabeth Warren, and that’s a good thing for Democrats because her economic populist ideas are super popular,” said Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. “On issues like taxing the rich and making college affordable, the President took giant steps in the right direction — and Americans want Democrats to go even further in the direction of big, bold, economic populist ideas.”
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