Elizabeth Warren is brilliant. @#$%ing brilliant.

[MannyGoldstein]

OK, I'm biased. But look at what she did today: She announced a bill to bring back Glass-Steagall, co-sponsored by John McCain. John McCain.

Sure, the thing will be shot down by the Insane Clown Posse that consists of almost all of one side of the aisle, and much of the other side too, but now when she runs for president Warren can say:

1. I can absolutely work with non-insane Republicans - look at my record.
2. I tried to bring back a good regulation that was assassinated by a president who just wanted to make a few bucks for his family after he left office. Yes Hillary, that's means your bank account.

Add this to her attempts to lower interest rates on student debt, to raise the minimum wage, and to put bankers in jail - all of which are favored by at least two-thirds of Americans - well, this is gonna be great!

Excelsior!

[DonCoquixote]

1. I truly hope I can vote for this woman in 2016

Makes me want to start the "please not Hillary in 2016" group, but I know that won't fly here.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. We all need to start spending more time in the Elizabeth Warren group!

And also getting to work letting others know she's a damned fine option.

[Electric Monk]

5. You can make your sig pic a link to that group if you like

by adding this:

(take out the extra spaces and use square brackets instead)

{link:ht tp://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1265|ht tp://i41.tinypic.com/9lio0w.png}

and it'll look like this:

[wilsonbooks]

30. Is there a way to make this a permanent signature rather than copy and pasting every time?

[Electric Monk]

31. Yes. In your profile, add it to your signature line

Your profile: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=172313

[summer-hazz]

33. Thank you

[pa28]

3. I'd really like to see the president step in and rally public support for the bill.

Without that level of visibility I'm sure it will be killed quietly but this would be a great chance to dust off the bully pulpit and get shit done!

[Phlem]

10. Ha!

you mean "no drama Obama", don't hold your breath.

-p

[pa28]

15. Oh, don't worry I'm not holding my breath.

He'd seek council from Larry, Jamie and Lloyd before signing such a thing.

[applegrove]

4. I guess McCain finally figured out the

the GOP played him for a fool when they convinced him he didn‘t understand the economy during his 2008 presidential campaign.

[Hydra]

6. The bill she's pushing threatens to break up the banks

The "coincidentally" were consolidated during the housing bubble crash.

She knows how to rock a boat! But this will bring out the really big guns. Even this whole thing with Snowden will seem like a cute little playground argument comparatively.

I hope for all of our sakes she's got enough protection- this is going to get UGLY.

[RobertEarl]

7. Finally

A woman, a politically engaged woman at that, worthy of my undying support and endearment. It has been such a long search.

Obama needs to help her. Visibly and in the trenches.

[AtheistCrusader]

8. Since when is John Fucking McCain not part of the insane clown possee?

Don't trust him any further than you can throw a sports stadium.

He probably supported it as a form of poison pill to kill the bill.

[Oakenshield]

9. Precisely what I was going to say.

That old cantankerous windbag is certainly a member of the clown posse. He was one of the tools bleeting about the supposed Benghazi cover-up! Or are we going to forget that stupid event, among others just because he's playing nice with Warren in this particular instance?

[JDPriestly]

16. Every once in a while he is right. He backed campaign finance reform, for example.

It was the McCain-Feingold bill that the Supreme Court overturned in the Citizens United decision.

[RainDog]

11. walking the walk n/t

[grantcart]

12. I didn't see that, don't have much time. Do you have a link?

[MannyGoldstein]

21. Sure

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-11/warren-joins-mccain-to-push-new-glass-steagall-bill-for-banks.html

[grantcart]

23. It is a brilliant move

and likely to be successful

I found this part of it very interesting

The idea of restoring the law has also gained some support from Wall Street veterans such as Sanford “Sandy” Weill, whose creation of Citigroup Inc. ushered in the era of U.S. bank conglomerates in the 1990s. Weill has said ending Glass-Steagall’s prohibitions was a mistake.

“What we should probably do is go and split up investment banking from banking,” Weill said in July 25, 2012, CNBC interview. “Have banks do something that’s not going to risk the taxpayer dollars, that’s not going to be too big to fail.”

I am limited on time so probably missed it but if you haven't yet started an OP in GD on it and if you do please DUmail me the link because I would love to support it.

Thanks

[JDPriestly]

13. A party activist told me that Elizabeth Warren has no chance because she has no money.

I think that she will have money when the the comes to win.

And her candidacy, if we can persuade her to run in the primary, will change the conversation in 2016.

[Rebellious Republican]

17. Where do we contribute, I am on board!

Need a link.

[JDPriestly]

18. She sends us e-mails, but I don't know where my husband sends the money.

[Rebellious Republican]

19. Please, Get us a link!

I WILL contribute!

[JDPriestly]

20. Try signing the petition on Warren's Glass-Steagall initiative.

There might be a link from there.

http://my.elizabethwarren.com/page/s/glass-steagall?source=20130711emf

Banking needs to return to the basics. Sign up now to show your support for the 21st Century Glass Steagall Act.

[Rebellious Republican]

32. Done, thanks JD!

[Vanje]

26. I'll send her some!

I don't have much, but there are millions of us.

[JDPriestly]

27. My sentiment.

[Rebellious Republican]

14. No disrespect intended...

Duh

[MannyGoldstein]

22. That's why they call me...

The Master of the Obvious.

(At least I've mastered something!)

[wilsonbooks]

24. I would like to add the Warren 2016 to my signature, how do I do this?

[Electric Monk]

25. See reply #5, above. Copy-paste that, take out the spaces, & change the brackets to square brackets

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1265588#post5

[wilsonbooks]

28. OK

ht tp://i41.tinypic.com/9lio0w.png

[Electric Monk]

29. Try it again but remove the other extra space as well. Turn ht tp into http. nt

[Roarybeans]

34. Just read Fighting Chance.

She is amazing! She hits the ground running and is willing to spread a progressive message.
I hope to see her become President some day soon.