Elizabeth Warren, Liberals Hit Back Against Third Way

[Cali_Democrat]

Elizabeth Warren, Liberals Hit Back Against Third Way After Economic Populist Attack
Posted: 12/04/2013 1:46 pm EST


WASHINGTON -- A Monday op-ed by the centrist think tank Third Way railing against economic populism has sparked a liberal counterattack, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) calling on big banks to disclose their financial contributions to think tanks and progressive groups calling on Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Penn.), who is running for governor, to drop her affiliation with the group.

Without mentioning the group, Warren's office released a letter Tuesday to six large financial institutions calling on them to voluntarily disclose their donors. The letter came one day after the Wall Street Journal op-ed, written by Third Way's president Jon Cowan and senior vice president Jim Kessler, urged Democrats not to follow Warren over the "populist cliff."

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Progressives United and Democracy For America all called on Schwartz Tuesday to resign from her position as honorary co-chair of Third Way. Democratic primary opponent John Hanger echoed the demand. Mark Bergman, a spokesman for Schwartz, said she would not resign but said in an email to The Huffington Post that she thought the op-ed was "outrageous, and strongly disagrees with it."

While Third Way, like most think tanks, is organized as a nonprofit and not required to disclose its donors, it has ties to large corporations. The Nation reported Tuesday that the group uses a Washington consulting firm that represents financial institutions such as Deutsche Bank and MasterCard. The liberal blog DailyKos pointed out that many of its trustees are investment bankers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/elizabeth-warren-third-way_n_4384842.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

The op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, written by Third Way, is causing a huge backlash.

[Larkspur]

1. Turd Way Sen. Schumer's aides must be giving him smelling salts after he read Warren's letter

He took credit for getting Warren to run for the US Senate; he can get indigestion from her strong economic populism.

Go Warren! Smack those Turd Way DINO's.

[red dog 1]

2. Why won't Rep. Schwartz resign as Co-Chair of Third Way?

since "she thought the op-ed was 'outrageous, and strongly disagrees with it."

Perhaps her Democratic primary opponent, John Hanger, would be a better Democratic candidate for Governor?
"Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hanger, a former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Agency who has positioned himself to the crowded primary field's left, joined the call for Schwartz to resign saying the attack on Democrats who are fighting for working people was misguided and unacceptable."
(Philadelphia Citypaper, 12/04/2013)

Progressive Change Campaign Committee lists Elizabeth Warren as one of the candidates they support, along with Representatives Alan Grayson, Keith Ellison, Tammy Baldwin and other progressive Congresspersons.
http://www.boldprogressives.org/