Warren: Schumer has fought 'on the front lines' with me

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said she has fought “side by side” with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on a range of issues, as she heaped praise on the New Yorker who appears poised to become the top Democrat in the Senate.

Warren dismissed the idea that Schumer was too closely affiliated with the financial industry in a recent NPR interview, undercutting the notion that she could lead any liberal discontent with Schumer due to his ties to the financial industry.

Warren credited Schumer with being one of the first lawmakers to embrace the idea of a consumer watchdog agency that was Warren’s idea. That idea would eventually become the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Warren said that Schumer was critical in making that a reality.

“Chuck was one of the first people to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” she said on WBUR’s “Here & Now.” “He’s been out there on the front lines.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/finance/237393-warren-schumer-has-fought-on-the-front-lines-with-me

[leftofcool]

1. Oops! Will Warren be thrown under the bus now?

[DonViejo]

2. Here's more from that interview....

Elizabeth Warren On Hillary Clinton And Running For President

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026438277

[JustAnotherGen]

3. I couldn't disagree with her more

Really? Sheldon is a non starter? Is there a fear of putting someone in the role in a swing state?

[Renew Deal]

5. It's more than that. Schumer is a good organizer and fundraiser.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. I know

And I was a strong on the ground canvasser for him when I lived in NY. My parents were big contributors to him. Anyone other than Al as my dad would say.

But he's not right for America now. Nothing to do with Wall Street - and everything to do with people who wait tables and swing hammers and clean hotel rooms.

He's not the right person for those people. I don't think people who don't have 401Ks really care about Wall Street - that's a middle class and higher concern. People who work their fingers and toes and knees to the bone need more money coming in every week.

He was awesome in the 1990's when we still had a strong middle class - but we don't have that anymore.

I will toe the line if he's the next leader - but I'm making clear to Booker I don't agree with Schumer.

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. Serving in the leadership while representing a swing state certainly takes its toll

Reid was lucky in 2010 when Republicans nominated a weak candidate.

[JustAnotherGen]

10. I cannot disagree with that

Angle was cra-cra-craaaaaaaaaa-zeeeeeeeee!

[BumRushDaShow]

4. That's gonna leave a mark

here on DU.

[font size="1"](disclosure: I think Schumer is a Wall St. shill so this is surprising)[/font]

[Historic NY]

6. I live in NY state and Sen Schumer...

he does his job, representing his constituents. A common refrain is wait a minute he comes Chuck...really because he shows up.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. So true!

And in my first hand experience - a genuinely kind person.