Presidential races

Ready for Warren to become Ready to Fight

Ready for Warren, the political group that sought to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) into the presidential race, is taking on a new name and mission.

The group will dub itself Ready To Fight on Friday and push a liberal economic agenda in the 2016 cycle.

{mosads}According to a source close to the organization, Ready To Fight will advocate for many of the same initiatives as Ready for Warren, which formally ended its effort to draft Warren earlier this month. 

Those initiatives include more regulations for Wall Street as well as expanding Social Security and backing Warren’s effort to refinance certain student loans by raising taxes. 

It will also seek to move Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton to the left. 

According to Ready For Warren’s internal polling, 56 percent of the group’s supporters are urging the organization to back Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running against Clinton for the Democratic nomination.

The group will formally unveil its plans on Friday morning. 

Ready For Warren’s transition comes as Run Warren Run, another draft Warren effort that was backed by Democracy For America and MoveOn.org, disbanded their effort earlier this month. 

Warren has said she’s not running for president.