Elizabeth Warren

Dear Friends,

I just read a report (here) that President Obama is going to nominate someone other than Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  Elizabeth Warren had the idea for this agency, fought tirelessly for it, has gotten everything going, and is the perfect person for the job.  Yet President Obama is not going to nominate her because he will have a fight to get her approved by the Senate because the Republicans will filibuster.  I am sure that he will argue that the agency needs a head and that Elizabeth Warren could not get approved by the Senate, etc.  It is very likely that anybody who is qualified for the job that is nominated to this position will face an uphill battle in the Senate because of the Republicans.  President Obama has not figured out that they will oppose anything that he suggests.

So while it may be that Elizabeth Warren would face a Republican filibuster, you don't just give in - you fight for what you believe in and show the world how bad the Republicans are.  The fact is that President Obama is unwilling to fight for anything that I as a liberal think is important.  It is actually impossible to tell whether he does not like fights or he does not believe in the core values of the Democratic Party.

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal

Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame

Dear Friends,
I just want to note that The New York Times editorial today entitled "Terrorism and the Law" (here) takes the same position that I did in an earlier post (here) with respect to the unconstitutional manner in which President Obama has treated Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame and how President Obama has become just another President George W. Bush when it comes to unlimited extra-constitutional detentions.
Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal