Wall Street Readies Assault on Elizabeth Warren

[Donnachaidh]

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/7704-wall-street-readies-assault-on-elizabeth-warren

The Democratic primary in Massachusetts is still almost a year away, but the expected race between the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Republican Sen. Scott Brown is already a hot topic in the financial services universe.

"The potential Brown-Warren matchup is on everyone's radar," said Scott Talbot, chief lobbyist for the Financial Services Roundtable.

On the Washington cocktail circuit, banking lobbyists are chattering about how to take Warren on. They fear that a massive, public money assault might be more of a gift than a challenge for the Harvard Law School professor who built her reputation taking on big banks.

The powerful lobby is in wait-and-see mode, weighing its options as it plots a strategy designed to hit hard, but smart.

More at the ink --

[ixion]

1. so-called "powerful lobbies" such as this need to go. Period.

this is a good example of the types of things that OWS is about.

[Hestia]

2. +1 ixion

[AmBlue]

3. +1

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. Rachel's recent segment on Wall Street donations to Scott Brown's campaign

is most telling:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44730330/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/t/rachel-maddow-show-thursday-september-th/

[PETRUS]

5. Wall Street HATES

officials who represent the interests of the people.