Bernie: Elizabeth Warren is a "capitalist through her bones." And, "I'm not." [View all]

[pnwmom]

No, he's a socialist, despite what some of his followers think.

And Warren supports well-regulated capitalism, with a safety net -- and understands how the financial system needs to change. She knows the system inside out, and she knows how to work with people -- and all that knowledge paid off when she shepherded through Congress the law setting up the Consumer Financial Protection agency.

And I'll never forget what happened at the end of the process. The R's would only allow the bill to pass if Warren would agree to let the agency she'd given everything to to be headed by someone else. She put the country ahead of her ego.

How often do you see a politician do that?

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-jul-19-la-fi-lazarus-20110719-story.html

She added that “Obama doesn’t look good not standing up for Warren. The agency was her idea. She’s done all the hard work. This seems like a slap in the face to Warren.”

It does. But Warren always put the watchdog bureau’s interests ahead of her own, so it’s unsurprising that she’s accepted the president’s decision so graciously. She stood by Obama’s side Monday as Cordray’s nomination was announced.