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Wall Street's Worst Nightmare

By Research Team at September 1, 2010 - 12:00am

Reuters describes Elizabeth Warren as Wall Street's worst nightmare:

Elizabeth Warren is folksy and plain-spoken and favors cardigans over Washington power suits. Many on Wall Street view her as their worst nightmare but she is a hero to liberal activists and consumer groups...

On Wall Street, "there is very strong dislike of her and what she might do," said Bert Ely, a banking consultant in Alexandria, Virginia.

The banksters are against Elizabeth Warren because they know she'll stand up to their excesses and hold them accountable. Even the conservative, Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post concedes that Warren is the one for the job:

So far, Warren's detractors are finding it difficult to identify anyone more viable than the 61-year-old scholar. She is chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Panel -- a five-member Washington agency charged with reviewing how effectively the US Treasury and other government agencies allocated the taxpayer-funded rescue packages.

Where do you stand? Do you stand with the banksters? Or, do you want a powerful watchdog looking out for our interests at the CFPA?