In 2008, Obama was "hope and change" but didn't run on the details of what that meant. The corporatists behind the scenes knew that he wasn't as populist as he might have seemed then. Corporatists probably knew at the time he was running that John Edwards was damaged goods and therefore his running served a purpose of drawing all of the populist progressive votes to himself instead of someone else that they couldn't "turn off" in the middle of an election like they did with Edwards.
Warren I think they realize is someone they can't easily "turn off" and isn't as willing to play the game of "abstraction" that Obama played and therefore is a big threat that they would have to find another way to put down. I think Warren is rightly concerned about entering the race too early before a group comes to her with a very solid and bullet proof plan on how to win with the means to push aside the dirty tricks that she probably knows would be headed her way.
That is why I'm not overly concerned about her "denials" jus yet. It means we need to collectively work that much harder to put together a solid campaign organization that she sees would be tough for others to beat.
Personally I think she should run as America's "true moderate", as there really are no such thing as real moderates who define themselves as such in today's political atmosphere. A true "moderate" would be one that seeks to emphasize taking stances to solve issues that help the 99% of Americans as a priority over partisan party dividing issues that these "moderates" tend to emphasize to divide and conquer us. If a *real* moderate like Warren were to champion "moderate" causes of things like shutting down the TPP, making banksters accountable, election reform, fixing Citizen's United, fixing college debt (which she is already working on), it would push the pols that try to label themselves as "centrist" or "moderate" in the corner as anything but that if the issues that are emphasized are those of the 99% versus the 1% that these so-called "moderates" universally and strongly support the 1% positions on in most cases.
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