"I've made no secret about my disagreements with the administration's

[Ichingcarpenter]

"I've made no secret about my disagreements with the administration's policies, particularly as they relate to the largest financial institutions," Warren told HuffPost Live.


"Like I say in the book, the president chose his economic team, and when there was only so much time and so much money to go around, his economic team chose Wall Street instead of American families who were in trouble."



"But I also give full credit to the president," Warren continued. "If President Obama had not been in the White House, we would never have gotten the consumer agency through. He stood up for it, he fought for it, and he made sure that even when those on his own team might have been willing to throw that agency under the bus, that the consumer agency was something that stayed part of the financial reforms and stayed strong."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/05/elizabeth-warren-obama_n_5269684.html?utm_hp_ref=politics


video at link

[toddwv]

1. This is a good attitude to have.

We don't have to agree with our politicians 100% on everything to support them in the end. They should know if we aren't happy with something. They should know when we think they are wrong.

There is nothing wrong with that.

[TBF]

2. She's right -

many of us certainly have criticisms of Obama but the continuation of Fasco-Bush and his party would've been even worse on a daily basis for workers.

[ProSense]

3. The CFPB

"But I also give full credit to the president," Warren continued. "If President Obama had not been in the White House, we would never have gotten the consumer agency through. He stood up for it, he fought for it, and he made sure that even when those on his own team might have been willing to throw that agency under the bus, that the consumer agency was something that stayed part of the financial reforms and stayed strong."

...has been doing a great job, and the policies in place give regulators the tools to do their jobs.

Elizabeth Warren:

There is no question that Dodd-Frank was a strong bill—the strongest in three generations. I didn’t have a chance to vote for it because I wasn’t yet in the Senate, but if I could have, I would have voted for it twice.

http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/AFR%20Roosevelt%20Institute%20Speech%202013-11-12.pdf

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024798328

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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/new-yorks-top-regulator-sues-subprime-auto-lender/

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023694931

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024877216

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