Wall Street gadfly Warren stands good chance of Senate banking seat

[banned from Kos]

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

[patrice]

1. KICK!

[adirondacker]

2. LOVIN It!!! n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

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!

[Booster]

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

[AsahinaKimi]

11. YAY!

[Pachamama]

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!!!!

[SCALA13]

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

[NCarolinawoman]

5. Yes!

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

[FailureToCommunicate]

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.

[Cha]

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

Wall Street

[oberle]

32. Gadfly

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

[Cha]

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?

[Cha]

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!

[RoccoR5955]

10. Good, maybe

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

[johnnyplankton]

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!

[Art_from_Ark]

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

[0rganism]

13. sweet victory is sweet n/t

[loudsue]

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

I'm sooooo glad we have her up there!

[Ash_F]

15. Fuck yes.

[quakerboy]

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.

[Nihil]

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.

[Ash_F]

21. aka rotters /nt

[wordpix]

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

according to dictionary.com:

gad·fly   [gad-flahy] 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.

[Kolesar]

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.

[Le Taz Hot]

20. She damned well better!

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

[hack89]

22. Great news. nt

[Javaman]

23. Kharma. :) nt

[tanyev]

24. Boo.Yah.

[yesphan]

25. That would be so

awesome !

[Hydra]

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

[valerief]

27. Holy cow! Great news. nt

[Arkana]

28. Excellent.

Positively spiffing.

[wolfie001]

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