What Exactly Is Elizabeth Warren Going For?
Elizabeth Warren speaks during day two of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte.
Photograph by Alex Wong/Getty ImagesElizabeth Warren sounds like she's in the center of a national campaign as she fires up a crowd of more than 500 Democratic loyalists in an Iowa City ballroom.
She starts with her biography–just like she always did two years ago while running for Senate in Massachusetts. Her parents got by on minimum wage. Her three brothers all served in the military. Her 30-minute speech at the University of Iowa is more than half over before she turns to the reason that she's in the state: Democratic Representative Bruce Braley and his tight Senate contest against Republican Joni Ernst. "What the Republicans are really fighting for is a world in which there is less and less investment in your future," she says. "We can whine about it or we can fight back and Bruce Braley …"