Las Vegas Sun: New Consumer Protection Agency Needs a Tough-as-Nails Leader

The Las Vegas Sun spoke highly of Elizabeth Warren in a recent editorial.  Click here to read the full article.

It is no wonder that Warren has been tough on banks while on the oversight panel. This is the kind of vigor on behalf of the public that the leader of the new consumers bureau should bring to that position. It is a key reason why Obama should nominate Warren to be that leader and why the Senate should confirm her if she is nominated.

The president should not be swayed to bypass Warren simply because banks and many Republican senators don’t care for her. Warren has proved that she is, in the words of Obama senior adviser David Axelrod, “a great, great champion for middle-class consumers across the country.”