Elizabeth Warren

[SHRED]

Will the President do the right thing and appoint her?

I hope so.


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[lumberjack_jeff]

1. I want her as the next president.nt

[Bake]

6. What has she done to suggest she'd be a good President?

That's a lot different from running an admin agency. If just being a liberal qualified somebody, Michael Dukakis would have been President. Or Dennis Kucinich.

I like Warren, but President? Come on.

Bake

[bahrbearian]

8. What qualified Obama?

It would have been nice to have a liberal president.

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. For me?

This.

[paulk]

14. has she done something to suggest she wouldn't?

she, unlike many of our current elected Democratic officials, understands the plight of the middle class and how it happened...

I would call that a good start

[libodem]

2. me too

[Thrill]

3. How can he when they won't adjourn

[jenmito]

4. He can't. The Senate Repubs. are going to stay in pro-forma session meaning they won't

adjourn, so it won't officially be "recess."

[Hippo_Tron]

9. Senate Republicans can't hold pro-forma sessions, Democrats have to agree to them

They also can't filibuster adjournment, they can only block the unanimous consent request so that Senators have to have a recorded vote on adjournment. They also can't simply have the House block an adjournment resolution because the Senate can recess for 3 days or less without consent of the House.

All of this is to say that if Senate Democrats are on board, Obama can appoint Elizabeth Warren with a recess appointment (and I think he will). I just don't see any reason to do it over Memorial Day when half the country is on vacation and not paying attention.

[girl gone mad]

5. No.

That would take political courage.

[rasputin1952]

7. Elizabeth Warren is a force to b e reckoned with...

She will tear the GOP apart, as they are in such disarray.

[Hippo_Tron]

10. I think they're trying to convince her to run against Scott Brown

If she absolutely refuses then I think they will actually force a recess (which they can do) and he will appoint her.

[DCBob]

13. yes, I heard that too. sounds like a good idea to me.

I hope she goes for it. I think she could win. She has the cred and background and Brown is flailing.

[boppers]

11. I got tired of her "deer in the headlights" routine.

She went onto talk show after talk show talking about her ignorance.

I was not impressed.

Initially, it seemed honest and refreshing.

A few weeks later, it was just intellectually lazy, or ineffectual.