Warren, a post-election weapon
October 29, 2010 | Elizabeth Warren | Comments (0)At least according to Politics Daily:
Whether or not Warren becomes a major strategic initiative of the administration, she has much to do. In her role as a presidential assistant, she has been discussing with the White House how to tackle the ongoing foreclosure crisis. She won’t reveal the advice she shares with the president and his aides, but she notes that this foreclosure debacle is a “full-fledged scandal” that warrants a national state-by-state investigation and tougher enforcement of existing regulations. The way she talks about the president suggests they can develop a solid working relationship. They do not know each other personally. But Warren fondly recalls the first time she met Obama. There was a gathering at the home of one of Warren’s Harvard law colleagues for a young Illinois state senator considering a campaign for the US Senate. Warren entered the house and saw a tall fellow with an athletic build, who quickly took her hand. The first words out of his mouth were “predatory lending,” and he proceeded to tell her that he realized that the states were limited in dealing with the most outrageous lending practices and that one reason he wanted to become a senator was to halt such financial scamming. When he finished, Obama smiled and said, “What do you think?” She replied, “You had me at ‘predatory lending.”
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