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In reply to the discussion: LA Times: The "Elizabeth Warren Wing" of The Democratic Party On The Ascendancy [View all]OKNancy
(41,832 posts)to piss off the anti-Hillary people. Just wait.
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I was a Republican because I thought that those were the people who best supported markets. I think that is not true anymore, Warren says. I was a Republican at a time when I felt like there was a problem that the markets were under a lot more strain. It worried me whether or not the government played too activist a role.
Did she vote for Ronald Reagan, who ushered in much of the financial deregulation which Warren has devoted her life to stopping? Im not going to talk about who I voted for, she says.
It wasnt until later in life, when Warren was 46, that she had her political awakening. At the time, she was serving on a committee recommending changes to the nations bankruptcy laws. Until then, Warren says, I said, No, no, no, not for me on the politics.'
Warren decided then, in 1995, she could no longer retreat into the ivory tower. I cant just leave this to people who are going to wreck the lives of millions of American families if they get the chance, she says. I waded in.
Warren adds that she voted for both Republicans and Democrats and thought that neither party deserved to dominate. There should be some Republicans and some Democrats, she says. Browns campaign could make the same point. In a state dominated by Democrats, it might help to have a Republican providing some healthy opposition.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/24/elizabeth-warren-i-created-occupy-wall-street.html