Hillary needs to get busy and circle the wagons.

Via Boston Herald

Time for Hillary Clinton to drop the softball interviews, $250,000 speeches and “I might stay home and be a grandmother” shtick.

Elizabeth Warren already has three grandchildren. Doesn’t seem to be slowing her down.

The Massachusetts senator was at it again yesterday, soaking in the “Run, Liz, Run” chants at a gathering of super liberals in Michigan. Where was Hillary? Spending quality time with Charlie Rose and making plans to pick up another massive speaking fee in Boston next week.

Clinton should have been at Netroots Nation because she would have seen what a real presidential contender sounds like. Warren may not be the greatest speaker, but she knows how to fire up the liberal base — blame everything on big corporations and greedy Wall Street executives.

“We can whine about it … or we can fight back. I’m fighting back,” Warren said to the swooning crowd.

Sounds like a campaign line to me. And a pretty good one if you’re looking to win Iowa and New Hampshire.

Clinton doesn’t seem to get it. A lot of voters out there are pretty angry and want to see a politician at least pretend to be on their side. That’s not the candidate who rakes in big speaking fees from the financial industry. No matter that Warren is pitching well-worn class warfare.

Democratic voters like it.

Clinton reportedly is now heading to Boston next week to take a financial industry speaking gig from former President George W. Bush, who is recovering from knee replacement surgery. Yes, Clinton is a Bush stand-in. Just what Democrats want.

It’s not often that a Clinton gets outmaneuvered in a political battle, but right now Warren is doing just that, despite some obvious disadvantages. The freshman senator is not a great campaigner and can’t handle unscripted questions — witness her disappearing act when a reporter from a conservative website tried to ask her about the fighting in Gaza. So much for foreign policy.

Yet, Warren right now has a better economic message and looks like she wants it — a necessity for winning the White House. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy learned that lesson the hard way when he lost the 1980 Democratic primary to President Jimmy Carter.

Get off PBS and start talking to real voters, Hillary. You might want to begin by canceling that speaking tour.