The White House is considering naming a senior staffer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to lead the agency as the deadline for its launch draws near...
Raj Date joined the bureau in February as associate director of research, markets and regulations, overseeing its work on key issues such as credit cards and mortgages. He is one of the top lieutenants to Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard law professor appointed by President Obama to set up the agency....
Warren has become a lightning rod for criticism from Republicans, and the White House hopes Date’s decade of financial experience working with Capital One and Deustche Bank will make him a more palatable nominee...
Let's hear it for palatable nominees.
Further down in this Washington Post piece we learn...
The White House has struggled to find the right candidate to run the consumer watchdog...
There is no struggle to find the right candidate. Elizabeth Warren is the right candidate. The so-called White House is simply struggling to find the candidate those mean old Republicans will let it have.
Maybe if the White House says please and promises to take the garbage out for a month...
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