Gibbs: Warren is "Confirmable"
Talking Points Memo reports that Press Secretary Robert Gibbs believes that Elizabeth Warren can be confirmed to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
Even as the administration began sounding a more positive note on the potential of Elizabeth Warren earning President Obama's nod for the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, she's emerged as the clear progressive favorite for the post.
Obama's team has recently seemed to warm to the idea that Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd splashed cold water on last week, with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs saying this afternoon that she's "terrific."
"I don't think any criticism in any way by anybody would disqualify her," Gibbs said. Warren, a Harvard professor and author, now oversees Congress' panel evaluating the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank backs her candidacy.
And even though Dodd and others have said they think Warren would spark a major confirmation battle, Gibbs said today "she's very confirmable for this job." While Warren was hailed as a champion in Las Vegas this weekend for the Netroots Nation convention, the New York Times called on Obama to nominate her.
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