Amid Warren buzz, Hillary might not want to wait too long before announcing for 2016

If Clinton waits until April, let’s say, to announce, it’s uniquely possible that the populist/“draft Warren” movement in the party grows strong enough that it forces the senator to reconsider her past denials of interest in the race. And, if Warren runs, it’s a totally different race for Clinton. (To be clear, Clinton would be a favorite over Warren. But not a huge one.)

So, why not get in earlier, before the Warren movement gets any more energy or excitement behind it? Plus, the sooner Clinton gets in, the sooner she can start raising the money and building the campaign infrastructure that should be her biggest advantage in the race. And, what if she used her formal campaign announcement to deliver a message on income inequality — sending a signal about how central that idea would be to her candidacy in 2016?

In short: make it as hard as humanly possible for Warren to reconsider and for the movement trying to get her to reconsider to gain steam. Be the prime mover. Act and make Warren, and everyone else, react.