WARREN'S THE ONE – AT 10:52 A.M. ET:  I'm increasingly convinced that Elizabeth Warren is running for president.  Warren has the backing of the Democratic Party's left wing.  Hillary Clinton's star seems to be fading.  She appears to be running for asterisk.

And I believe Warren has Obama's support.  The Obamas and Clintons despise each other, and I don't think Obama would have any enthusiasm for Clinton succeeding him.  Consider this, from Weekly Standard:

A group of more than 300 hundred former Obama staffers have written an open letter urging Elizabeth Warren to run for president of the United States. "We helped elect Barack Obama — now we’re calling on Elizabeth Warren to run in 2016," the letter is titled.

We believed in an unlikely candidate who no one thought had a chance.

We worked for him — and against all odds, we won in Iowa.

We organized like no campaign had organized before — and won the Democratic primary.

We built a movement — and the country elected the first-ever African American president.

We know that the improbable is far from impossible.

Now, former staffers from President Obama’s campaigns, along with former staffers from OFA, are joining with the thousands of Americans who are calling on Elizabeth Warren to run for president in 2016.

Rising income inequality is the challenge of our times, and we want someone who will stand up for working families and take on the Wall Street banks and special interests that took down our economy.

We urge Elizabeth Warren to run for president in 2016.

The letter was organized by a group called Ready for Warren. The group's goal is to get Warren to run for president.

COMMENT:  I doubt if this statement could have been issued without a wink and a nod from the White House.  If there is a fight for the Democratic nomination, it will tear the party apart.  I think Warren has at least a 40 percent chance of winning that fight. 

She will then have the liberal press firmly behind her. 

December 12, 2014