Politico reports that Senator Elizabeth Warren is making:
… her first trip abroad as a senator.
She will be going to Israel, which:
… given the importance of U.S.-Israeli relations … was bound to stoke speculation about a potential 2016 presidential bid. The liberal favorite has insisted that she is not running for president, but progressive activists are making a push to persuade her to run as an alternative to the likely Democratic front-runner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The senator made her bones as an advocate for the consumer and the middle class and she is a member of the Senate Banking Committee so the trip makes perfect sense give:
Massachusetts’ important trading relationship with Israel and the state’s sizable Jewish population.
And as one Democratic party strategist says:
“My sense is that she’s going to listen, more than talk, on this trip,”
Yes. And get her picture taken while listening.
