Elizabeth Warren reopens White House wounds in new book, revealing her frustration over the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and describing her clashes with Timothy Giethner in her autobiography "A Fighting Chance, which was published today.
“He opened with: 'This isn't a job interview. You should head up the agency',” Warren says the president said during one Oval office meeting in August 2010. “I could feel the 'but' coming and so wasn't surprised when he said: but we have a real problem with the Republicans and the bankers. 'You make them very nervous'.” ... “The president and I went back and forth for a while but didn't come to any agreement. We stood up, and after a perfunctory hug, I was back in the hallway,” she adds. ...
“The president told me not to worry; he was pretty confident they could work out a deal. They just needed a nominee who wasn't me,” claims Warren. “But the decision to choose Rich [Cordray] changed nothing. Within hours of learning about the Cordray nomination, the Republicans declared that his candidacy for director of the agency was 'dead on arrival.' Oh. It turned out there was no deal after all.”
Though careful not to criticise Obama – who eventually succeeded in installing Cordray as head of the CFPB – directly, Warren recalls plenty of personal friction with pro-business members of his cabinet, especially Geithner. In a small but revealing example, at one point in the book she recalls a time when she told him to buckle his seat belt in the back of their government SUV.
The Guardian also reports that Warren attempts to clear the air over the controversy of her Native American heritage.
“I was stunned by the attacks,” says Warren, who was dubbed “Fauxcahontas” by some on the right. “How do you prove who you are? My brothers and I knew who we were. We knew our family stories. But the Republicans demanded documentation and, back at the turn of the century, nobody in my family had registered any tribal affiliation. In Oklahoma, that was pretty common.”
I reported yesterday that she insists she will not run for president in 2016. In December she promised her constituents in Massachusetts she would fufill her full term as Senator, which rules out a presidential run.
Last Friday reporting Micheal McAuliff's second column giving an enthusiastic review of "A Frighting Chance, (which I reproduce below the squiggle if you missed it), Senator Elizabeth Warren is one of my favorite politicians, and political stateswomen. Her passion, courage, intelligence, compassion, creativity, persistence, and willingness to take on entrenched powerful interests in Washington, and the financial industry makes her an ideal progressive heroine, role model for young and "less young" alike, and an inspiration to all who want to work together to build better futures for all of us.
I can't wait to buy and read this book. Senator Elizabeth Warren may be sounding the themes we can raise to have "A Fighting Chance" to take back the House in this falls elections and finally show America what the Democratic Party and people who believe government can and should work for the common good of all Americans, if given a fair chance.
Under the squiggle here I replicated part of yesterday's post reporting Senator Warren's announcement during an interview that she will not run for president in 2016.
Senator Elizabeth Warren insists she is not running for president in 2016
Arlette Saenz from ABC news writes Elizabeth Warren: ‘I’m Not Running for President.’
“I’m not running for president,” Warren told ABC News’ David Muir in an interview at her home in Cambridge, Mass.
Asked about a recent story that suggested she is “Hillary’s nightmare,” Warren said, “I don’t get who writes these headlines or what they’re about. I think there’s just kind of a pundit world out there.”
“Do you think Hillary Clinton would make a good president?” Muir asked.
“I think Hillary Clinton is terrific,” Warren said. “We gotta stay focused on these issues right now.”
Making her denial more compelling was her promise in December that see will finish out here term.
Warren's much anticipated book "A Fighting Chance" comes out tomorrow April 22, 2014.
6:19 PM PT: Thanks to Dallasdoc for providing us this link to a book store offering a autographed version of "A Fighting Change."
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