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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:52 PM

banned from Kos (4,017 posts)

Wall Street gadfly Warren stands good chance of Senate banking seat

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The chances are good, but not guaranteed, that Elizabeth Warren will secure a highly coveted seat on the Senate Banking Committee, a move that would dramatically elevate her campaign against Wall Street excess.

Senior Senate Democratic aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Massachusetts senator-elect is a logical fit for the committee, even though it is rare for a freshman senator to get such a plum assignment.

If she gets the slot, Warren's bully pulpit would be replaced with real power.

The bipartisan panel can greatly influence policy decisions through its oversight of financial services, international trade, insurance, housing, securities and economic issues.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/09/us-usa-senate-warren-banking-idUSBRE8A804R20121109

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Wall Street gadfly Warren stands good chance of Senate banking seat (Original post)	banned from Kos	Nov 2012	OP
KICK!	patrice	Nov 2012	#1
LOVIN It!!! n/t	adirondacker	Nov 2012	#2
Though I live in California	AsahinaKimi	Nov 2012	#3
I donated also and I'm in CA. Also donated to Tammy Duckworth - both times, money well spent.	Booster	Nov 2012	#6
YAY!	AsahinaKimi	Nov 2012	#11
I thought about this possibility today.....This would be FANTASTIC and a BIG statement by Democrats!	Pachamama	Nov 2012	#4
For real this needs to happen; if there are ever going to be reforms.	SCALA13	Nov 2012	#31
Yes!	NCarolinawoman	Nov 2012	#5
Warren may be a "freshman" but she arrives with a lot more expertise in finance	FailureToCommunicate	Nov 2012	#7
Exactly, FTC And, "gadfly"? Too bad	Cha	Nov 2012	#9
Gadfly	oberle	Nov 2012	#32
Yeah, it is..that's our corpmedia for ya when talking about DEMS..	Cha	Nov 2012	#33
So Glad Elizabeth went this route in	Cha	Nov 2012	#8
Good, maybe	RoccoR5955	Nov 2012	#10
School Marm, My Ass...She Gonna Kick Some Wall Street Butt!	johnnyplankton	Nov 2012	#12
"Professor" would be a compliment in my book	Art_from_Ark	Nov 2012	#16
sweet victory is sweet n/t	0rganism	Nov 2012	#13
That is exactly where she belongs, and where I hope she'll be!	loudsue	Nov 2012	#14
Fuck yes.	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#15
I wonder how much this stings.	quakerboy	Nov 2012	#17
"gadfly"?	Nihil	Nov 2012	#18
aka rotters /nt	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#21
negative connotation for a very positive person! Definition of gadfly here:	wordpix	Nov 2012	#30
Warren researched how companies screwed employees out of their retirement benefits	Kolesar	Nov 2012	#19
She damned well better!	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2012	#20
Great news. nt	hack89	Nov 2012	#22
Kharma. :) nt	Javaman	Nov 2012	#23
Boo.Yah.	tanyev	Nov 2012	#24
That would be so	yesphan	Nov 2012	#25
I think I just had a bubble of hope swell in me	Hydra	Nov 2012	#26
Holy cow! Great news. nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#27
Excellent.	Arkana	Nov 2012	#28
I hope the handcuffs and leg shackles are Union-made! ;-) nt	wolfie001	Nov 2012	#29

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:02 PM

patrice (47,384 posts)

1. KICK!

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:02 PM

adirondacker (113 posts)

2. LOVIN It!!! n/t

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:08 PM

AsahinaKimi (18,092 posts)

3. Though I live in California

I donated to her campaign. I love how its paying off.. and YES, I hope she can get on the Senate Banking Committee where she can do some good for this country. Go Elizabeth! RELEASE THE KAKEN!

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:11 PM

Booster (9,874 posts)

6. I donated also and I'm in CA. Also donated to Tammy Duckworth - both times, money well spent.

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:29 PM

AsahinaKimi (18,092 posts)

11. YAY!

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:10 PM

Pachamama (8,845 posts)

4. I thought about this possibility today.....This would be FANTASTIC and a BIG statement by Democrats!

Oh please Harry Reid, please start making some real real bold moves and statements!!!!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:41 PM

SCALA13 (59 posts)

31. For real this needs to happen; if there are ever going to be reforms.

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:10 PM

NCarolinawoman (2,066 posts)

5. Yes!

I wonder if this news will make the "TOO BIG TO FAIL" bank stocks go down.

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:15 PM

FailureToCommunicate (4,399 posts)

7. Warren may be a "freshman" but she arrives with a lot more expertise in finance

than most elected officials.
She really should get this post. Not just because she is actually qualified, but even more that 'we the people' that voted her in,
deserve - finally- a strong voice at the table.

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:26 PM

Cha (124,592 posts)

9. Exactly, FTC And, "gadfly"? Too bad

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 06:20 PM

oberle (25 posts)

32. Gadfly

Gadfly is a stupid word. It makes her seem silly and irrelevant. It is degrading.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 08:52 PM

Cha (124,592 posts)

33. Yeah, it is..that's our corpmedia for ya when talking about DEMS..

Elizabeth Warren is Wall Street's Worst Nightmare. Does that work for you,oberle?

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:26 PM

Cha (124,592 posts)

8. So Glad Elizabeth went this route in

her political career! They tried like hell to keep her out but she WON.. Native American Heritage and ALL!

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:27 PM

RoccoR5955 (6,491 posts)

10. Good, maybe

some bankers will go to jail...Where they belong!

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:37 PM

johnnyplankton (180 posts)

12. School Marm, My Ass...She Gonna Kick Some Wall Street Butt!

The righties (including Playgirl model Scotty Boy Brown) were calling her 'Professor' or 'School Marm' during the campaign in MA. We'll see who the tough one is...the one with the libarary books!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:49 AM

Art_from_Ark (16,900 posts)

16. "Professor" would be a compliment in my book

Without the Professor, the castaways on Gilligan's Island would have been in deep doo-doo

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:44 PM

0rganism (16,931 posts)

13. sweet victory is sweet n/t

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:25 AM

loudsue (12,383 posts)

14. That is exactly where she belongs, and where I hope she'll be!

I'm sooooo glad we have her up there!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:28 AM

Ash_F (1,743 posts)

15. Fuck yes.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 02:52 AM

quakerboy (10,575 posts)

17. I wonder how much this stings.

Just think.. If they had delayed voting, then accepted Warren at the consumer agency, they might have been able to hold that senate seat. But they had to try and deny Obama any scrap of potential victory. Ands now we have senator warren.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:39 AM

Nihil (11,241 posts)

18. "gadfly"?

"such a plum assignment"

"Warren's bully pulpit"

Nice to know that Reuters still stand in the same place on the journalistic integrity & objectivity stakes as ever.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:22 AM

Ash_F (1,743 posts)

21. aka rotters /nt

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:43 PM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

30. negative connotation for a very positive person! Definition of gadfly here:

according to dictionary.com:

gad·fly Show IPA
noun, plural gad·flies.
1.
any of various flies, as a stable fly or warble fly, that bite or annoy domestic animals.
2.
a person who persistently annoys or provokes others with criticism, schemes, ideas, demands, requests, etc.

That annoying, persistent Warren who stands up for those the banksters have crushed.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:12 AM

Kolesar (29,328 posts)

19. Warren researched how companies screwed employees out of their retirement benefits

She has written several books. I have only seen excerpts of her books.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:15 AM

Le Taz Hot (14,435 posts)

20. She damned well better!

I can't imagine why they wouldn't want her there. Criminee, talk about qualified!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:46 AM

hack89 (21,265 posts)

22. Great news. nt

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:21 AM

Javaman (40,628 posts)

23. Kharma. :) nt

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:26 AM

tanyev (22,093 posts)

24. Boo.Yah.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 11:54 AM

yesphan (756 posts)

25. That would be so

awesome !

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:37 PM

Hydra (9,441 posts)

26. I think I just had a bubble of hope swell in me

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:58 PM

valerief (35,681 posts)

27. Holy cow! Great news. nt

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:36 PM

Arkana (22,227 posts)

28. Excellent.

Positively spiffing.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:31 PM

wolfie001 (38 posts)

29. I hope the handcuffs and leg shackles are Union-made! ;-) nt

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