Little Timmy afraid that she'll discover something he's hiding?

I sure would like to see Elizabeth Warren just punch the ever-living poop out of Tim Geithner.  Right in the face.

What an Ultimate Fighting Championship that would be!  I'm picturing them in the cage now. 

What do I like.. er adore... about Elizabeth Warren?

• She is passionate about doing the right things for the right reasons.
• She gets right to the point about the REAL economic & policy issues and really doesn't care who she pisses off.
• She uses down-to-earth language and anyone, even second graders and Fox viewers, can understand her.
• All of the above points to an incredible level of intelligence, which I (being the elitist that I am) completely respect.
• I seriously doubt there is anyone to whom she is financially or favor-wise indebted.
• I seriously doubt there are skeletons hiding in her closet (reference to Misty's post above).

 

Link from ABC News. Not sure if it's due to mounting pressure, but Geithner was supportive of Warren in a recent interview. I know Geithner is far from from perfect but I've warmed up to him more over time. I do agree with you that Warren is made for this position and should be nominated.

Does the Treasury Secretary want one of his fiercest critics to helm the newly-created Bureau of Consumer Protection? In an interview on ABC News' This Week, he sounded like he does, but stopped short of endorsing her.

Host Jake Tapper asked Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner if he supported Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

"She is a enormously effective advocate for reform," Geithner replied. "Probably the most effective advocate for reform for consumers for consumer protection in the country." 

"She has huge credibility and she played a decisive role in helping make the public case for reform and she was early on this, way ahead of everybody else," Geithner told Tapper.

But does the Treasury Secretary have concerns about a woman who has been so sharply critical of him in her role as independent supervisor of the $700 billion bank bailout?

"I don't have concerns and I should say in that context that she has been playing a very important role in providing oversight over the programs we put in place to break the back of this financial crisis.  You know, put out this financial fire," he said. "Alongside a bunch of other oversight bodies, she did what she had to do in that context and it's what she should do.  She should shine a very careful independent assessment on all the actions government takes to make sure...Americans know what we're doing and see the results of what we're doing and she did that very well."

Sen. Dodd made some comments recently implying that the Dem's "should not get ahead of themselves" with a Warren nomination and seemed to indicate she'd be near impossible to confirm. However, I'd love to see her during a hearing. I know she could hold her own and put those cynics in their place. What could they really argue against her? I can hear them now: "She's a bad choice because she'll fight too hard for consumers." LOL. If Senators line up against her or indicate they will drag their feet, this is the perfect case for a recess appointment. The GOP should not have an opportunity to bully Warren out of contention.

If confirmed by the White House, this is great news. She is the perfect choice and having her in that role would bring me tremendous peace of mind. Not that she can work miracles for the consumer, but she is one strong, smart woman and will fight hard. Prepare for a tough confirmation process but how can they really stop a competent, qualified candidate in the end?

Elizabeth Warren had a great speech/presentation at the Netroots Convention last month.  It's comprehensive and easy to understand.  http://www.netrootsnation.org/node/1571

After I looked at the article Misty mentioned, I found that there's a music video "Got a New Sheriff" in Warren's honor. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/13/elizabeth-warren-hailed-a_n_681339.html

With Gibbs really messing up the PR with Progressives of late, I think nominating her would be a good gesture towards trying to make peace, don't you think? And I really think Obama should go ahead and do a recess appointment if the GOP want to fight it.