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In reply to the discussion: The problem with Matt Taibbi's piece... [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)119. I've read that she and Bill disputed the repeal of Glass-Stegall. And found this:
Clinton-Warren for Change

Brent Budowsky Posted: 06/20/2014
...I predict that, if Clinton is nominated in 2016, such polling data would inspire her to seriously consider this possibility as the tidal wave of voter rebellion against status quo politics reaches epic proportion. A ticket of two women would appear as a refreshing broom to sweep aside the discredited politics of demonization, destruction and dysfunction that most Americans detest.
Here's my Clinton-Warren math, which polls will prove or disprove. Net voter support from independent and GOP women: up markedly. Voter turnout and fundraising for Dems: up markedly. Net voter decrease from men who would otherwise vote Democratic: little.
The insider establishment is oblivious to the powerful hunger for transforming change from voters who have endured a decade of scarce jobs, stagnant wages, rising costs and financial pain in an economy they know is fixed and a politics they know is rigged...
Warren's appeal transcends ideology and gender. She reaches the same working-class men that Clinton successfully addressed midway through her 2008 campaign, when she abandoned her consultant-driven caution and fully hit her stride. Today, Warren works with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for a 21st century version of Glass-Steagall financial reform...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/
Never heard of the writer but this is what Wikipedia says about him:
Brent J. Budowsky (born February 19, 1952)[1] is an American political opinion writer and blogger for publications including The Hill,[2] the LA Progressive,[3] and The Huffington Post.
From the mid-1970s to 1990, Budowsky served in senior congressional staff positions including legislative assistant to former Senator Lloyd Bentsen;[4] extensively involved with the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and Intelligence Officers Death Benefits Act, and legislative director to Representative Bill Alexander, then the Chief Deputy Majority Whip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Budowsky
Everyone listed there is a Democrat. He's been around for a while. With Warren's raison d'être, the CFPB, gutted by the GOP, she may be frustrated enough to run.
Warren has said repeatedly that she supports Hillary for POTUS. Those who want Warren but despise Clinton would be faced with a dilemma if both women ran on the same ticket.

Brent Budowsky Posted: 06/20/2014
...I predict that, if Clinton is nominated in 2016, such polling data would inspire her to seriously consider this possibility as the tidal wave of voter rebellion against status quo politics reaches epic proportion. A ticket of two women would appear as a refreshing broom to sweep aside the discredited politics of demonization, destruction and dysfunction that most Americans detest.
Here's my Clinton-Warren math, which polls will prove or disprove. Net voter support from independent and GOP women: up markedly. Voter turnout and fundraising for Dems: up markedly. Net voter decrease from men who would otherwise vote Democratic: little.
The insider establishment is oblivious to the powerful hunger for transforming change from voters who have endured a decade of scarce jobs, stagnant wages, rising costs and financial pain in an economy they know is fixed and a politics they know is rigged...
Warren's appeal transcends ideology and gender. She reaches the same working-class men that Clinton successfully addressed midway through her 2008 campaign, when she abandoned her consultant-driven caution and fully hit her stride. Today, Warren works with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for a 21st century version of Glass-Steagall financial reform...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/
Never heard of the writer but this is what Wikipedia says about him:
Brent J. Budowsky (born February 19, 1952)[1] is an American political opinion writer and blogger for publications including The Hill,[2] the LA Progressive,[3] and The Huffington Post.
From the mid-1970s to 1990, Budowsky served in senior congressional staff positions including legislative assistant to former Senator Lloyd Bentsen;[4] extensively involved with the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and Intelligence Officers Death Benefits Act, and legislative director to Representative Bill Alexander, then the Chief Deputy Majority Whip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Budowsky
Everyone listed there is a Democrat. He's been around for a while. With Warren's raison d'être, the CFPB, gutted by the GOP, she may be frustrated enough to run.
Warren has said repeatedly that she supports Hillary for POTUS. Those who want Warren but despise Clinton would be faced with a dilemma if both women ran on the same ticket.
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I've read that she and Bill disputed the repeal of Glass-Stegall. And found this:
freshwest
Nov 2014
#119
I think they spell it 'principal' as if it's loan amount or a school official.
freshwest
Nov 2014
#158
Well, you can't be a good "centrist" and attack the *banks," for Heaven's Sake!
villager
Nov 2014
#5
You couldn't get farther than five paragraphs before finding a "problem" with the whistleblower.
Marr
Nov 2014
#8
If she had come out during the Warren hearings, would that have made him look good? n/t
ProSense
Nov 2014
#69
No I'm saying no one in your beloved Obama administration gave enough of a shit
SomethingFishy
Nov 2014
#29
I wish she has come out then too, but I understand why she didn't. Dimon is a powerful man
Autumn
Nov 2014
#31
After reading it all I think Holder and Dimon's asses should be hauled in front of a special
Autumn
Nov 2014
#55
That comment makes no sense. Wanting this to have been revealed during the Warren hearings
ProSense
Nov 2014
#36
actually, I didn't read either of your posts to me except for the first and last sentence.
grasswire
Nov 2014
#85
DU is doing fine, and is likely to do even better now as Dem voters, who warned about this
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#88
Mostly due to a handful of loyalty oath centrists trying to root out disloyalty
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2014
#97
You lost the right to influence my opinion about 800 3rd Way posts ago.
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2014
#100
Where is the insult? In noting that you, who I have demanded to leave me alone, are now badgering
Number23
Nov 2014
#145
Actually, I had respected your wishes and ignored your recent posts. But you chose to
Marr
Nov 2014
#146
Let's get this in before another one of your stupid edits where you add in everything
Number23
Nov 2014
#149
If you know the answer, why ask the question? That's kind of silly isn't it?
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#175
I would think the reason for any decline in participation on the site before the election
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#124
Many liberal voices were chased off this board in the last six or seven years.
Efilroft Sul
Nov 2014
#83
This ^ and more than a couple of cliques alert-stalking and just plain running
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#176
Between the brilliantly handled pile ons, personal attacks and failed jury attempts
Number23
Nov 2014
#140
Smeared en route to smearing a whistle blower as all whistle blowers are smeared.
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#117
Warren's hearings were focused on white-washing regulators; so yes, Fleischmann's testimony
Luminous Animal
Nov 2014
#48
It would have been nice but the facts are coming out now and better late than never.
pa28
Nov 2014
#53
Just a guess, but I think the OP is passive aggressively trying to impugn
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#60
I noticed that, but that is not Taibbi's problem he is just reporting on the issue.
Rex
Nov 2014
#57
Perhaps "Why did this report have to come out before the midterms" would have been the alternative
adirondacker
Nov 2014
#132
are you suggesting he was waiting untill after the elections so as to avoid harm to the Democrats?
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2014
#129
I don't think Taibbi held off on the story....I just don't think he could get it published
msanthrope
Nov 2014
#133
ProSense, pls take the time to watch the Democracy Now video about this woman witness.
truedelphi
Nov 2014
#157