Elizabeth Warren: If I was looking for a nomination, I would have told the President.'

[impik]

President Barack Obama named the Wall Street critic to an advisory position on Friday, bypassing a potentially drawn-out Senate confirmation process if he had nominated her to be the agency's head. Her job now will involve setting up the agency that is at the heart of his financial regulation reform law.

In television interviews Warren largely sidestepped questions about whether she still wanted to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The White House declined to say definitively that she was ruled out as a future candidate, though it said she would play an instrumental role in choosing the director.

Warren said the issue of a nomination had been on the table during her conversations with Obama.

"He said, 'You can get to work tomorrow if you don't care much about titles,'" she told ABC television. "I said, 'Mr. President, that's the job I want, let me go to work tomorrow. That's what I want to do.'"

On Bloomberg television she said: "If I was looking for a nomination, the time for me to say that was in conversations I had with the president."


http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1720397920100917

[Cha]

1. Yeah, time and time again..it pays to

listen to what the actual people involved have to say instead of the chatters on the inrternet.

I really like this woman!

[impik]

5. Yea, turns out there are two adults involved here...

[Parker CA]

9. Right? She's awesome and clearly took a position she felt she could contribute the most with. nt.

[jenmito]

2. K&R for the truth. And I got emails today from liberal groups with subject lines like,

"We WON! Help Congratulate Elizabeth Warren!"

[impik]

6. Yes, they take full ownership on this. Obama? he's not part if it

[Cha]

7. I did too..sorry to say that John Nichols looks

like the ignorant one for an article I saw online yesterday mocking the President's appointment. Nobody's perfect but when they insult someone like Elizabeth Warren they should make a public apology.

[Uzybone]

8. nah, they'll move on to the next fake outrage

[backscatter712]

3. Don't worry, I'm sure the Marvins will find some other excuse to piss and moan... n/t

[SidDithers]

4. K&R...

facts are good.

Sid

[applegrove]

10. She said if she went for the nomination it would have been a year before she could start working. If

she ending up making it before congress.

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. I really wish people like Warren would run for President. n/t

[Cha]

12. Elizabeth Warren and the President are good friends and

see eye to eye on this..they'll all have a great working relationship because they're respectful of each other.