Elizabeth Warren

energy that she can't say no. Could happen. Because Hillary polls well but does not have the energy and enthusiasm from the grass roots, the political nerds like me, that Warren does.

Warren is talking about and has solutions for the problems that ordinary people face -- like establishing banks in post offices. Banks that would replace the pay-day lending vultures if people prefer to do sensible, cost-effective banking that does not involve mortgaging your paycheck, that is your next weeks food, at high interest rates.

Nobody, not Hillary, not Bush, nobody has the good ideas that Warren has for the economic recovery of America's middle class.

It is a sad thing that in our country, when we talk about recovery, we mean recovery for the already-doing-fine-thank-yous and not real recovery and at least a modest accumulation of wealth for the not-doing-well-most-of-us.

Warren understands why it is so hard to get into and stay in the middle class. None of the other politicians even seem to want to recognize that that is the major problem in America today.

From our failing schools to poor care for seniors in their final years and days, the big challenge in America is maintaining the middle class that built our country. We aren't doing it. Warren and Sanders are the only credible spokespersons on that issue.

Keeping, helping people get into the middle class -- that is the elephant in the china closet for Republicans and third way Democrats. It's the biggiie. Assuming we don't get into a raging war somewhere (and I think we have already fought and defeated or made peace with just about every major country we could possibly fight), the problems of middle class Americans will be the primary issue in 2016.

Neither Jeb Bush nor Hillary nor any contenders other than Sanders and Warren have a clue about what is going on in the middle class or those aspiring to be middle class.