Warren off and running as Obama adviser

[cal04]

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/120391-elizabeth-warren-off-and-running-as-obama-adviser-

Elizabeth Warren has spent her first days as President Obama’s consumer financial adviser asking industry and other groups to partner with her on new regulations.

Warren, the Harvard law professor and outspoken champion of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has met with or reached out to dozens of lobbying groups, consumer advocates and others since she was named to her position on Friday.

On Wednesday, she stopped by a conference of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU), where she introduced herself and mentioned that she is a longtime member of a credit union.

“I know this is a time of great anxiety for everybody in financial services — we’re about to see a lot of changes,” Warren said in brief remarks. “I believe that if we work together we can make this a new day that works for families and works for credit providers ... I’m here, I hope, so that we can work in partnership.”

[eleny]

1. She's one of a kind

[marlakay]

2. I feel better already

I belong to a credit union also along with small local bank.

[Cha]

3. Thank you, cal!

[boppers]

4. Heard her on NPR today.

Part of her brilliance is her almost forceful humility.

[StarburstClock]

5. Now that's good news!

She'll get things done, like regulating the businesses that should have never been "deregulated".

[Uzybone]

6. now that she is actually doing the hard work

she will no longer be a cause celebre. Keep trucking Prof Warren. Thank you for your service.

[blondeatlast]

16. So true. nt

[scheming daemons]

7. Where are all the crow-eaters that insisted Obama wouldn't hire her?

...

[zipplewrath]

9. Who were they?

What were their exact claims?

[scheming daemons]

10. nice try. You know it is against DU rules to call out posters by name

i'll PM their usernames to you, if you'd like.

But you had to have seen all the posts doubting whether Obama would hire her. Dont play dumb.

[zipplewrath]

22. Not sure that would qualify as a "call out"

I understand your caution though. I was just curious what the details were. Because some were predicting he'd never nominate her, and technically they didn't.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. Well, there's the guy named after 1984 character Immanuel Goldstein.

Placed a bet that Obama would never appoint her, then, like a total chump, squelched on the bet.

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. Worse than the Great Ohio State Welching of 2003

:rofl:

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. Gahahahaha

Oh. Mah. Gawd!

:rofl:

[orbitalman]

8. I think she's on my side !!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[LAGC]

12. I'm really looking forward to see what she proposes.

I just hope she doesn't find herself hamstrung by this Administration down the road if some of her proposals are deemed too "radical" against prevailing business interests. Obama did good in appointing her, I just hope he continues to back her when it really counts.

[laughingliberal]

13. K & R nt

[DirkGently]

17. Good. Better if she had been named to head the agency and had some real authority though.

[Kweli4Real]

19. Yeah ...

Then she could have got to work ... sometime about the 3rd quarter of 2011. And then only if the democrats fought for her confirmation.

[lillypaddle]

18. Bunch of cheerleaders!

Jus' kidding! :)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

20. :)

Awesome start.

[swilton]

21. Just Wait Until After the November Elections

She's only an interim appointment - until after the elections when they'll officially appoint someone more favored by Wall Street.

[Dirigo]

23. New Sheriff In Town, Better Watch Out Wall Street (video)

New Sheriff in town, better watch out Wall Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W0vCgMRX0o

[southerncrone]

24. Love her!

I'm going to apply for a job in this dept when I retire next Spring. I would love to have her as a boss. She is a positive example of what Americans should be IMHO.

[davidwparker]

25. If the admin were filled with such advisors such as this,

both it and the economy would not be in the pickle that both are now.

Good to see her in action now.

[BREMPRO]

26. love her. love that Obama hired her..

she'll do great advocacy work, and we will all benefit.