Elizabeth warrenWarren will return to Massachusetts to ponder her political future after President Obama’s decision not to select her as head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She will spend a few weeks winding down her role in Washington and on a trip with her grandchildren, and then focus on what’s next, according to the adviser.National liberal activists believe Warren would be able to raise the necessary money and make the strongest case among Democrats seeking to challenge Brown. The adviser spoke on the condition of anonymity because Warren’s plans are emerging.
The White House has said she will return to her teaching job at Harvard, but has not said whether a potential Senate run could interfere with those plans.Warren told MSNBC yester day that she plans to take her grandchildren to Legoland and then return to Massachusetts.“Massachusetts does beckon in the sense that it’s my home and I need to go home,’’ she said. “I’ll do more thinking then, but I need to do that thinking not from Washington; I need to go home.’’Her plans are being closely watched by state and national Democrats, who have yet to coalesce around a candidate. The declared candidates, with the exception of Alan Khazei, are having trouble raising money.Warren’s supporters believe her record as a consumer advocate whose early grasp of Wall Street’s role in creating the subprime mortgage crisis makes her an attractive candidate. They have begun online efforts to draft her and raise money on her behalf. But she is untested in campaigns, which bring a different element of public scrutiny and up-close interactions, and she is virtually unknown to large swaths of the electorate.
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