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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has repeatedly stated she is not interested in running for president in 2016.

In a piece thats getting a lot of attention, The Huffington Posts Sam Stein dissects progressives infatuation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a courtship that, in recent months, has involved involved raising, and spending, hundreds of thousands dollars to convince the Massachussetts Democrat to run for the 2016 presidential nomination:

For DFA and MoveOn -- and, more recently, New Yorks Working Families Party -- the steps are clear. The groups have raised money, conducted polls, hosted launch events, opened offices, showed up at open house events, and hired staffers in key states with the express purpose of showing Warren that an infrastructure exists should she discover her presidential aspirations.

"We think the stakes are so high that we want to push to get her in this race," said T. Neil Sroka, communications director for Democracy for America.

In other words: If you build it, she will run. Only, probably not.

Warrens told several different outlets in several different ways that shes not interested no, seriously, shes not and has sent a few very strong signals that she means it. Which makes the progressives decision to keep chasing Elizabeth look less like sweet-talking a dream candidate and more like the basis of a restraining order against a stalker.

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Stein writes that the arduous pursuit of the freshman, however, is causing a rift among Dems, and not just the Ready for Hillary crowd. Progressives, Stein writes, themselves are split about running after a candidate whos been unwavering so far in avoiding the 2016 presidential race, and who privately met with Clinton to talk populist shop with the presumed front-runner:

At the heart of the dispute over Warren-for-president is a larger worry over the progressive movement's lot in politics in a post-Barack Obama era. Many progressive activists see a Hillary Clinton candidacy left unchallenged as a gateway to their own marginalization, similar to what they felt during her husband's presidency.

But there is also a less overtly stated concern that putting so much hope in Warren could backfire. The struggles to influence Obama during critical moments of his presidency showed the dangers in putting one's proverbial eggs in a single basket.

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Long Read: Progressives Wont Take No For an Answer on an Elizabeth Warren Presidential Run