KRUGMAN re Elizabeth Warren: "Finally, Someone to Run Against Wall Street"

[kpete]

Paul Krugman - New York Times Blog
August 19, 2011, 5:40 am
Finally, Someone to Run Against Wall Street

One of the truly amazing things about American politics in the Lesser Depression is that nobody in political life has been willing to run as the champion of ordinary Americans against the financial wheeler-dealers who brought this disaster on us. Republicans won’t, of course, because their worldview says that greed is good and government the only source of evil. But Obama has also been almost weirdly unwilling to express even the slightest populism.

So I’m glad to hear that Elizabeth Warren will apparently run for Senate. She’s no Huey Long — her manner is more schoolteacher than rabble-rouser — but that makes her more credible. And she’s got the best credentials on the financial crisis of any prominent figure in American life.

This should be edifying.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/finally-someone-to-run-against-wall-street/

[RainDog]

1. k&r n/t

[mmonk]

2. This:

One of the truly amazing things about American politics in the Lesser Depression is that nobody in political life has been willing to run as the champion of ordinary Americans against the financial wheeler-dealers who brought this disaster on us.

So much truth in one statement.

[CTyankee]

4. Our new Senator, Dick Blumenthal, is a champion of ordinary Americans and has

been in his service as Attorney General for the state of CT. He has been a strong consumer advocate and environmentalist. He has been a good friend to Planned Parenthood and is strongly pro-choice.

Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren would make a great team in the U.S. Senate!

[mmonk]

6. Sounds good. It's always good to have allies as colleagues ready to go.

[Frustratedlady]

3. I received a donor email yesterday, but when I clicked it on...

one of the questions was, Are you a ___ Republican or ____Independent. No option for ___Democrat.

[seafan]

5. We need Elizabeth Warren in a much higher position than the Senate.

Krugman:

August 19, 2011

Finally, Someone to Run Against Wall Street

One of the truly amazing things about American politics in the Lesser Depression is that nobody in political life has been willing to run as the champion of ordinary Americans against the financial wheeler-dealers who brought this disaster on us. Republicans won’t, of course, because their worldview says that greed is good and government the only source of evil. But Obama has also been almost weirdly unwilling to express even the slightest populism.

So I’m glad to hear that Elizabeth Warren will apparently run for Senate. She’s no Huey Long — her manner is more schoolteacher than rabble-rouser — but that makes her more credible. And she’s got the best credentials on the financial crisis of any prominent figure in American life.

.....

Elizabeth Warren.


Because, to fix this country, we need to go back to school.