I really like Elizabeth Warren (1 Viewer)

[BigSteelThrill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ONEcoq9pjac

 

[bosoxs45]

Wall Street’s worst nightmare: President Elizabeth Warren

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Uhm, so with big picture ideas like 'things we can do with the Post Office'... is she running?

 

[SacramentoBob]

Edit: I am sure Paul Krugman will weigh in on this soon and correct Warren's Econ 101-level misunderstanding.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

(Reuters) -
Three Democratic lawmakers asked to discuss with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder the Department of Justice's allegedly uneven efforts to prosecute mortgage fraud,
according to a letter dated Monday.


U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
and representatives Elijah Cummings and Maxine Waters are seeking an audience with Holder over a new watchdog report that said the FBI ranked mortgage fraud as a low threat after the height of the financial crisis, even though the Justice Department had said investigating that crime would be a top priority.
"This report calls into question the Department's commitment to investigate and prosecute crimes such as predatory lending, loan modification scams, and abusive mortgage servicing practices," the three lawmakers wrote of the report released last week by the Justice Department's inspector general.
A Justice Department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In recent years the government has been accused of not doing enough to go after the kind of conduct that fueled the housing crisis, including mortgage fraud.
Common mortgage fraud schemes include borrowers lying on mortgage applications or scammers who promise relief to borrowers facing foreclosure.


The report by the Justice Department's inspector general found that even though the FBI had received $196 million in funding to investigate mortgage fraud activities in the aftermath of the crisis, its offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami ranked mortgage fraud as either a low priority or not a priority.

The trio asked to review the report's findings with Holder and discuss steps the agency will take to improve its efforts to prosecute the crimes.

 

[The Commish]

Killed it on Stewart a couple nights ago

 

[higgins]

Killed it on Stewart a couple nights ago

Part 1

Part 2

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

It's funny to think what havoc she could wreak on a Clinton II presidency bid.

On the other hand it's horrible to think what havoc should could wreak on the country should she wreak havoc on a Clinton II presidency bid.

 

[HellToupee]

She sucks. Period.

 

[joffer]

She sucks. Period.

why's that?

 

[the moops]

She sucks. Period.

why's that?

Because he is a republican and is stuck in the great liberal state of MA.

 

[krista4]

Can't believe I hadn't this before. Love her.

 

[The Commish]

I'd like to hear all the "negative" about her....I don't know much about her other than the few things I've seen.

 

[HellToupee]

She sucks. Period.

why's that?

Because he is a republican and is stuck in the great liberal state of MA.

I'm a MA ® which is more like a conservative D anywhere else

 

[timschochet]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

 

[HellToupee]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

She's anything but " down to earth" . Her biggest issue in MA was keeping her quiet as the senate race wound down because she's not very likable . A little goes a long way with her.

 

[timschochet]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

She's anything but " down to earth" . Her biggest issue in MA was keeping her quiet as the senate race wound down because she's not very likable . A little goes a long way with her.

I don't understand this post. You're claiming that she keeps quiet because people wouldn't like her if she spoke? That's the opposite of everything I've seen.

 

[Slapdash]

Killed it on Stewart a couple nights ago

Part 1

Part 2

Stewart just gets worse every time I watch.

 

[HellToupee]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

She's anything but " down to earth" . Her biggest issue in MA was keeping her quiet as the senate race wound down because she's not very likable . A little goes a long way with her.

I don't understand this post. You're claiming that she keeps quiet because people wouldn't like her if she spoke? That's the opposite of everything I've seen.

her likability rate was in the 20s & Brown in the 50s during the campaign . She's a blowhard who won because of from the national level. Shameful race

 

[timschochet]

Well I can't help what the public thinks. She seems likable and down to Earth to me. And that has nothing to do with her politics, a lot of which I disagree with.

 

[igbomb]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

She's anything but " down to earth" . Her biggest issue in MA was keeping her quiet as the senate race wound down because she's not very likable . A little goes a long way with her.

I don't understand this post. You're claiming that she keeps quiet because people wouldn't like her if she spoke? That's the opposite of everything I've seen.

her likability rate was in the 20s & Brown in the 50s during the campaign . She's a blowhard who won because of from the national level. Shameful race

This is nearly every federal race across the country these days, on both sides.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Excellent ~ 45 min discussion with Warren/Piketty:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/02/watch-elizabeth-warren_n_5434250.html

 

[higgins]

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

her likability rate was in the 20s

Gonna need a link on that one. Otherwise I'll be left to wonder if you're ever right about anything.

 

[saintfool]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

She's anything but " down to earth" . Her biggest issue in MA was keeping her quiet as the senate race wound down because she's not very likable . A little goes a long way with her.

Really? This was from July 2012:

The biggest change from a MassINC poll done last quarter is in Warren’s favorability ratings, which have risen as more voters have formed opinions about her. This month, the poll found that 43 percent of voters view Warren favorably, compared to 34 percent in April. Her unfavorability ratings have remained largely constant – at 23 to 24 percent.

Brown’s favorability have also increased, but by a smaller margin – from 44 percent in April to 48 percent in July. His unfavorability ratings have also remained relatively constant – at 30 to 31 percent.

Brown does enjoy an advantage among the crucial voting block of independents. Among independent voters, 55 percent viewed Brown favorably and 31 percent unfavorably. For Warren, 39 percent of independents viewed her favorably and 33 percent viewed her unfavorably.

she seems to have stumbled, like many first time candidates and political novices do, out of the gates campaigning but righted the ship pretty quickly. she was up against a well liked, more experienced incumbent too. she closed the gap in polling late spring-early summer and never looked back. she won by a pretty comfortable margin too.

if you're in MA then you're much likely much closer to the story but i gotta tell you, guy, it doesn't appear that way to an outside observer. it seems like the more time she had with the voters the better it got for her.

 

[HellToupee]

her likability rate was in the 20s

Gonna need a link on that one. Otherwise I'll be left to wonder if you're ever right about anything.

Listen up jerky , try googling Granny & likabilty 20s

 

[HellToupee]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

She's anything but " down to earth" . Her biggest issue in MA was keeping her quiet as the senate race wound down because she's not very likable . A little goes a long way with her.

Really? This was from July 2012:

The biggest change from a MassINC poll done last quarter is in Warrens favorability ratings, which have risen as more voters have formed opinions about her. This month, the poll found that 43 percent of voters view Warren favorably, compared to 34 percent in April. Her unfavorability ratings have remained largely constant at 23 to 24 percent.

Browns favorability have also increased, but by a smaller margin from 44 percent in April to 48 percent in July. His unfavorability ratings have also remained relatively constant at 30 to 31 percent.

Brown does enjoy an advantage among the crucial voting block of independents. Among independent voters, 55 percent viewed Brown favorably and 31 percent unfavorably. For Warren, 39 percent of independents viewed her favorably and 33 percent viewed her unfavorably.

she seems to have stumbled, like many first time candidates and political novices do, out of the gates campaigning but righted the ship pretty quickly. she was up against a well liked, more experienced incumbent too. she closed the gap in polling late spring-early summer and never looked back. she won by a pretty comfortable margin too.

if you're in MA then you're much likely much closer to the story but i gotta tell you, guy, it doesn't appear that way to an outside observer. it seems like the more time she had with the voters the better it got for her.

its MA politics at its finest . You really had to be here.

 

[mcintyre1]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

She's anything but " down to earth" . Her biggest issue in MA was keeping her quiet as the senate race wound down because she's not very likable . A little goes a long way with her.

Really? This was from July 2012:

The biggest change from a MassINC poll done last quarter is in Warrens favorability ratings, which have risen as more voters have formed opinions about her. This month, the poll found that 43 percent of voters view Warren favorably, compared to 34 percent in April. Her unfavorability ratings have remained largely constant at 23 to 24 percent.

Browns favorability have also increased, but by a smaller margin from 44 percent in April to 48 percent in July. His unfavorability ratings have also remained relatively constant at 30 to 31 percent.

Brown does enjoy an advantage among the crucial voting block of independents. Among independent voters, 55 percent viewed Brown favorably and 31 percent unfavorably. For Warren, 39 percent of independents viewed her favorably and 33 percent viewed her unfavorably.

she seems to have stumbled, like many first time candidates and political novices do, out of the gates campaigning but righted the ship pretty quickly. she was up against a well liked, more experienced incumbent too. she closed the gap in polling late spring-early summer and never looked back. she won by a pretty comfortable margin too.

if you're in MA then you're much likely much closer to the story but i gotta tell you, guy, it doesn't appear that way to an outside observer. it seems like the more time she had with the voters the better it got for her.

its MA politics at its finest . You really had to be here.

So you have no idea what you're talking about, per usual. Got it.

 

[HellToupee]

She seems very likable. Every time I hear her interviewed she sounds forthright, intelligent, and down to earth. She's a little too progressive for me I think, but I can't help but like her.

This is what I wrote last year and I've had no reason to change my mind.

She's anything but " down to earth" . Her biggest issue in MA was keeping her quiet as the senate race wound down because she's not very likable . A little goes a long way with her.

Really? This was from July 2012:

The biggest change from a MassINC poll done last quarter is in Warrens favorability ratings, which have risen as more voters have formed opinions about her. This month, the poll found that 43 percent of voters view Warren favorably, compared to 34 percent in April. Her unfavorability ratings have remained largely constant at 23 to 24 percent.

Browns favorability have also increased, but by a smaller margin from 44 percent in April to 48 percent in July. His unfavorability ratings have also remained relatively constant at 30 to 31 percent.

Brown does enjoy an advantage among the crucial voting block of independents. Among independent voters, 55 percent viewed Brown favorably and 31 percent unfavorably. For Warren, 39 percent of independents viewed her favorably and 33 percent viewed her unfavorably.

she seems to have stumbled, like many first time candidates and political novices do, out of the gates campaigning but righted the ship pretty quickly. she was up against a well liked, more experienced incumbent too. she closed the gap in polling late spring-early summer and never looked back. she won by a pretty comfortable margin too.

if you're in MA then you're much likely much closer to the story but i gotta tell you, guy, it doesn't appear that way to an outside observer. it seems like the more time she had with the voters the better it got for her.

its MA politics at its finest . You really had to be here.

So you have no idea what you're talking about, per usual. Got it.

love the utter lack of respect given to people of differing opinions

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

love the utter lack of respect given to people of differing opinions

Since you are among the best at this I'm glad you love it.

 

[HellToupee]

love the utter lack of respect given to people of differing opinions

Since you are among the best at this I'm glad you love it.

and another member of the clique is here

 

[southeastjerome]

A close buddy of mine is a bleeding heart liberal. Liz Warren pulled a "do you know who I am?" on him. I've never met her, but know people who have and have worked with her. I hear a lot of stuff like this and that she's pretty condescending and unpleasant person when a camera is not around. Which completely goes against her claims of fighting for the middle class.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

.... I hear a lot of stuff like this and that she's pretty condescending ...when a camera is not around. ...

She constantly talks down to people when the camera is on. She is like the mother in the office that speaks to everyone like they are five years old. Unfortunately speaking as if to five year olds is giving way too many too much of a benefit of the doubt. My only reservation about a Warren presidency is whether I can stand eight years of her using the bully pulpit to talk down to the ignorant masses that think they have a clue. A necessary evil I suppose.

 

[cstu]

I haven't spoken to her personally but

.... I hear a lot of stuff like this and that she's pretty condescending ...when a camera is not around. ...

She constantly talks down to people when the camera is on. She is like the mother in the office that speaks to everyone like they are five years old. Unfortunately speaking as if to five year olds is giving way too many too much of a benefit of the doubt. My only reservation about a Warren presidency is whether I can stand eight years of her using the bully pulpit to talk down to the ignorant masses that think they have a clue. A necessary evil I suppose.

I saw her speak last month and she comes across as an extremely genuine person. No doubt in my mind she truly believes what she's saying.

But yes, she does have that liberal problem of acting like she's smarter than everyone she speaking to. She may well be but it's not a good way to get elected President.

 

[cstu]

A close buddy of mine is a bleeding heart liberal. Liz Warren pulled a "do you know who I am?" on him. I've never met her, but know people who have and have worked with her. I hear a lot of stuff like this and that she's pretty condescending and unpleasant person when a camera is not around. Which completely goes against her claims of fighting for the middle class.

Someone can be an elitist and still fight for the middle class (FDR).

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

She is one of those populist who has contempt for and wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with the people she supposedly champions.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

She is one of those populist who has contempt for and wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with the people she supposedly champions.

Dumbest criticisms ever.

 

[humpback]

I haven't spoken to her personally but

.... I hear a lot of stuff like this and that she's pretty condescending ...when a camera is not around. ...

She constantly talks down to people when the camera is on. She is like the mother in the office that speaks to everyone like they are five years old. Unfortunately speaking as if to five year olds is giving way too many too much of a benefit of the doubt. My only reservation about a Warren presidency is whether I can stand eight years of her using the bully pulpit to talk down to the ignorant masses that think they have a clue. A necessary evil I suppose.

I saw her speak last month and she comes across as an extremely genuine person. No doubt in my mind she truly believes what she's saying.

But yes, she does have that liberal problem of acting like she's smarter than everyone she speaking to. She may well be but it's not a good way to get elected President.

Based on seeing her speak? I mean, fool me 1,000 times, shame on....

 

[timschochet]

She is one of those populist who has contempt for and wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with the people she supposedly champions.

I really don't care- this "somebody you can have a beer with" is way overrated. Now populism is something else. I don't like it, but I'm not sure how guilty of it she is.

 

[timschochet]

As far as her talking down to people, that's a constant complaint made by people who disagree with a POV but have no answer to a well formed argument.

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

She is one of those populist who has contempt for and wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with the people she supposedly champions.

I really don't care- this "somebody you can have a beer with" is way overrated.Now populism is something else. I don't like it, but I'm not sure how guilty of it she is.

Really, exactly how would you describe her politics? I'm not sure how one could argue that at the very least her economic proposals are populist.

I agree with regarding "somebody you can have a beer with" personality but you were the one that described her as down-to-earth. I don't see it and I think her lack of connection with those she champions diminishes her electability on a national scale.

 

[timschochet]

She is one of those populist who has contempt for and wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with the people she supposedly champions.

I really don't care- this "somebody you can have a beer with" is way overrated.Now populism is something else. I don't like it, but I'm not sure how guilty of it she is.

Really, exactly how would you describe her politics? I'm not sure how one could argue that at the very least her economic proposals are populist. I agree with regarding "somebody you can have a beer with" personality but you were the one that described her as down-to-earth. I don't see it and I think her lack of connection with those she champions diminishes her electability on a national scale.

I don't agree with her economic ideas, as best as I understand them at this point, because they're too progressive for me. That may change as I come to learn more about her. Her ideas may have populist appeal but the way she explains them doesn't come off as populist IMO. As far as her being down to earth that was my impression from interviews and has nothing to do with her politics.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

I agree with regarding "somebody you can have a beer with" personality but you were the one that described her as down-to-earth. I don't see it and I think her lack of connection with those she champions diminishes her electability on a national scale.

Do you think Hillary Clinton connects closely with the common man? Not that she's won anything yet, but she's the frontrunner, and it seems like this critique of Warren applies equally to Hillary.

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

I agree with regarding "somebody you can have a beer with" personality but you were the one that described her as down-to-earth. I don't see it and I think her lack of connection with those she champions diminishes her electability on a national scale.

Do you think Hillary Clinton connects closely with the common man? Not that she's won anything yet, but she's the frontrunner, and it seems like this critique of Warren applies equally to Hillary.

It does apply and wasn't Hillary the heavy frontrunner 8 years ago when she lost to an unknown IL Senator with a Muslin sounding name that was born in Kenya?

 

[cstu]

I haven't spoken to her personally but

.... I hear a lot of stuff like this and that she's pretty condescending ...when a camera is not around. ...

She constantly talks down to people when the camera is on. She is like the mother in the office that speaks to everyone like they are five years old. Unfortunately speaking as if to five year olds is giving way too many too much of a benefit of the doubt. My only reservation about a Warren presidency is whether I can stand eight years of her using the bully pulpit to talk down to the ignorant masses that think they have a clue. A necessary evil I suppose.

I saw her speak last month and she comes across as an extremely genuine person. No doubt in my mind she truly believes what she's saying.

But yes, she does have that liberal problem of acting like she's smarter than everyone she speaking to. She may well be but it's not a good way to get elected President.

Based on seeing her speak? I mean, fool me 1,000 times, shame on....

I'm very happy with Obama.

 

[Trey]

Elizabeth Warren will never be POTUS. She can be a fine senator from the state of Massacusetts for a few terms however.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

As far as her talking down to people, that's a constant complaint made by people who disagree with a POV but have no answer to a well formed argument.

I don't disagree with her very often, but she has a manner, a style of speaking which will not likely be an asset.

 

[Jackstraw]

She is one of those populist who has contempt for and wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with the people she supposedly champions.

Dumbest criticisms ever.

Election by "who I'd like to have a beer with".

 

[humpback]

I haven't spoken to her personally but

.... I hear a lot of stuff like this and that she's pretty condescending ...when a camera is not around. ...

She constantly talks down to people when the camera is on. She is like the mother in the office that speaks to everyone like they are five years old. Unfortunately speaking as if to five year olds is giving way too many too much of a benefit of the doubt. My only reservation about a Warren presidency is whether I can stand eight years of her using the bully pulpit to talk down to the ignorant masses that think they have a clue. A necessary evil I suppose.

I saw her speak last month and she comes across as an extremely genuine person. No doubt in my mind she truly believes what she's saying.

But yes, she does have that liberal problem of acting like she's smarter than everyone she speaking to. She may well be but it's not a good way to get elected President.

Based on seeing her speak? I mean, fool me 1,000 times, shame on....

I'm very happy with Obama.

In terms of being extremely genuine? Oof.

 

[Fennis]

Frankly I am surprised it is only 62%.

Elizabeth Warren says the U.S. economy is rigged. Many conservatives agree.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has built a sizable political profile — including the requisite presidential speculation — by espousing a simple idea: that the system is "rigged" against average Americans.

And you might be surprised who agrees with her: A whole bunch of conservatives.


According to a new Pew survey, 62 percent of Americans think that the economic system unfairly favors the powerful, and 78 percent think that too much power is concentrated in too few companies. The discontent isn't limited to those who share Warren's liberal ideology; 69 percent of young conservative-leaning voters and 48 percent of the most conservative voters agree that the system favors the powerful, according to Pew.

Although Warren seems an outlier in the legislative branch for her fiery discontent with inequality — and the role she says Wall Street plays in exacerbating it — the Pew survey suggests that the vast majority of Americans are at least open to her underlying premise.

Everyone, that is, except business conservatives. This faction has vastly different views of the American economic system than most Americans. Two-thirds of business conservatives think the economic system is fair to most people, and 57 percent think that large companies do not have too much power.

The demographics that bind business conservatives go a long way toward explaining why they diverge on this issue. The business conservatives that Pew surveyed were the most affluent of the seven political types they defined — 45 percent have family incomes above $75,000. Fifty-seven percent of business conservatives say they are interested in business and finance, and 68 percent invest in the stock market. No other type has them beat on these two measures.

Americans' political beliefs are generally grounded in how they see politics interact or interfere with their own lives. We can focus on the diner-embed model of analyzing politics day and night, but for most Americans, gossiping about how a next-door neighbor lost their house or a cousin got a promotion at Goldman Sachs is all they've got. Business conservatives think the economic system is fair; others who aren't as enmeshed in it disagree.

So does conservative discontent with the current economic system mean that the rest of Congress is going to hang Thomas Piketty posters on their office walls and head to Zuccotti Park? (Or vote for Elizabeth Warren?)

Don't count on it. Business conservatives' confidence in the economic system might differ from everyone else, but business conservatives are politically active enough to make a big impression on politicians. Seventy-one percent of the business conservatives surveyed by Pew say they always or nearly always vote in primaries. "Steadfast conservatives" are similarly active too, but they aren't quite as affluent as their conservative counterparts, and they don't donate nearly as much money.

Another reason conservative politicians aren't about to join hands with Warren? The conservatives — and many of the liberals — who agree with her on the economy's unfairness don't agree with her on the source of the problem.

Skeptics, solid liberals and young conservative outsiders were the only political types more likely to think Wall Street was hurting the economy more than it helped it.

Until Americans agree on what needs to be done to fix the economy, their disappointment with its underpinnings are unlikely be met with any sweeping populist changes in policy. And this poll suggests that's not happening today.