beyond labels

I'm excited that Elizabeth Warren is running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.  Her voice in this announcement is reasoned and sincere.  She is championing common sense ideas that most people would agree with - about our government being gridlocked by armies of corporate lobbyists and about the need to care for our elderly and help families instead of giving tax breaks to the richest corporations. Of course once a candidate wears a "D" as in Democrat, most people wearing an "R" won't give her a listen.  And vice-versa.  Yet she's a populist, which is the driving force behind the Tea Party, I think.  It seems to me the "us or them" mentality has reached a breaking point.  We need to look at people and base our vote on their records and their character.  What do you think?