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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.00,0:00:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AMY GOODMAN: After months \Nof fierce opposition from Wall Street,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.87,0:00:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corporate lobbyists, \Nand mostly Republican lawmakers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.07,0:00:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Consumer \NFinancial Protection Bureau
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.08,0:00:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,officially launches \Nin Washington this week.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.94,0:00:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A product of last year’s \Noverhaul of financial regulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.75,0:00:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bureau was established \Nto protect consumers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.60,0:00:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from deceptive practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.09,0:00:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Republicans have sought \Nto weaken its reach
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.09,0:00:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a number of \Nrestrictive measures,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.41,0:00:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including granting \Nother regulatory bodies veto power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.03,0:00:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the bureau’s decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This week Republicans \Nscored another victory
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.74,0:00:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with President Obama’s announcement \Nof his choice to head the bureau.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.09,0:00:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obama has tapped former Ohio Attorney\NGeneral Richard Cordray
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.04,0:00:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of Elizabeth Warren,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Harvard professor \Nwho first proposed the bureau
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.59,0:00:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has overseen \Nits establishment for the past year.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.26,0:00:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Warren had been the choice \Nof many progressive organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.16,0:00:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her nomination was \Nstrongly opposed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.98,0:00:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Republican lawmakers \Nand the banking industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.57,0:00:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flanked by Warren, \NCordray and Treasury Secretary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.84,0:00:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timothy Geithner,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.42,0:01:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama said he’s confident \Nin his choice to head the bureau.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.55,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BARACK OBAMA: I am proud \Nto nominate Richard Cordray
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this post.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.54,0:01:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we’ve been
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.87,0:01:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recently reminded why this job \Nis going to be so important.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.89,0:01:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is an army of lobbyists \Nand lawyers right now
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.88,0:01:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working to water down \Nthe protections and the reforms
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.48,0:01:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.55,0:01:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’ve already spent tens \Nof millions of dollars this year
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.54,0:01:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to weaken the laws that are \Ndesigned to protect consumers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.40,0:01:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they’ve got allies in Congress
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.27,0:01:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are trying to undo the progress \Nthat we’ve made.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.01,0:01:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re not going to let that happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.13,0:01:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will fight any efforts\Nto repeal or undermine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.90,0:01:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the important changes that we passed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.82,0:01:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are going to stand up \Nthis bureau and make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.24,0:01:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is doing the right thing \Nfor middle-class families
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.44,0:01:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.14,0:01:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Middle-class families and seniors \Ndon’t have teams of lawyers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.64,0:01:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from blue-chip law firms.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.86,0:01:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can’t afford to hire a lobbyist\Nto look out for their interests.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.71,0:01:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they deserve \Nto be treated honestly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.10,0:02:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They deserve a basic measure \Nof protection against abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.27,0:02:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AMY GOODMAN: Speaking \Nshortly afterwards on MSNBC,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.69,0:02:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elizabeth Warren said \Nshe also supports Obama’s decision
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.53,0:02:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to nominate Cordray.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.59,0:02:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ELIZABETH WARREN: Oh, let’s \Nbe clear here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.26,0:02:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve had a chance \Nto see this thing come to light.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.37,0:02:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Richard Cordray \Nis one of the first people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.87,0:02:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recruited to be part \Nof the team to stand it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.18,0:02:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He’s tough. \NHe’s smart.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.78,0:02:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s exactly what we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.45,0:02:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a new chapter \Nfor the consumer agency,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.28,0:02:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn’t be more proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.88,0:02:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AMY GOODMAN: Elizabeth Warren \Nhas left open the possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.28,0:02:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a Senate run \Nin her home state of Massachusetts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.69,0:02:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she would take \Non Republican Senator Scott Brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.36,0:02:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but said she has to go home \Nto Massachusetts first
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.23,0:02:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think outside of the Beltway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.43,0:02:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For more \Non President Obama’s decision
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.70,0:02:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to overlook Elizabeth Warren,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.63,0:02:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’re joined from Washington, D.C., \Nby Ralph Nader,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.77,0:02:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,longtime consumer advocate, \Ncorporate critic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.50,0:02:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and former presidential candidate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.27,0:02:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to Democracy Now!, \NRalph Nader.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.45,0:02:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are your thoughts \Non the passing over
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.28,0:02:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Elizabeth Warren?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.33,0:03:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RALPH NADER: Well, \Nour spineless president
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.18,0:03:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaks again with a forked tongue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.16,0:03:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He talks about a tough agency, \Nand he’s just thrown overboard
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.59,0:03:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the toughest federal cop \Non corporate crime, fraud and abuse
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.66,0:03:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against millions of Americans’ \Npensions and savings,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.66,0:03:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then tries to convince people \Nthat he’s really being tough
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.34,0:03:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against Wall Street.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.64,0:03:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He’s basically a political coward.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.98,0:03:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the problem with that \Nis not just
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.28,0:03:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,detonating Elizabeth Warren’s career\Nculmination of heading the agency
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.95,0:03:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she conceived and built \Nout of the Treasury Department
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.34,0:03:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last few months,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.01,0:03:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he’s signaling once again \Nto the rogue Republicans in Congress
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.02,0:03:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has no backbone, \Nthat he’s going to cave.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.34,0:03:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s what he’s been doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.100,0:03:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He threw Van Jones overboard,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.82,0:03:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Glenn Beck attacked—
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.30,0:03:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all people—
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.64,0:03:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attacked Van Jones, \Nhis assistant in the White House.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.50,0:04:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn’t stand by his people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.60,0:04:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless these people stand \Nfor Wall Street,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.62,0:04:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like William Daley, \NTimothy Geithner,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.22,0:04:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Larry Summers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.80,0:04:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’d think he’d give \Nat least one post—
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.89,0:04:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one post—\Nto the consumer constituency,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.05,0:04:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the liberals and progressives, \Nthat brought him to the White House.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.92,0:04:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is not the way \Nhe calculates it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.71,0:04:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, he’s in trouble politically\Nin the minds of some people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.66,0:04:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bill Curry, who was \Na special assistant to Clinton,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.40,0:04:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very astute political observer \Nin Connecticut,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.47,0:04:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said recently that if Romney \Nis the candidate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.47,0:04:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romney will take over 46 states, \Nincluding Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.38,0:04:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, some people think \Nthat he’s making a strategic
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.15,0:04:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tactical mistake \Nby constantly turning his back
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.15,0:04:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the people—minorities, \Npoor people—never mentions the poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.63,0:04:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you notice that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.06,0:04:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geez, there are only \N60 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.56,0:04:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in grinding poverty \Nin this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.23,0:05:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He mentions the shrinking \Nmiddle class.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.88,0:05:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this has a lot of ramifications, \NAmy, as to what he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.90,0:05:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one aspect of it \Nshould not be ignored,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.04,0:05:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that’s sexism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.66,0:05:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Treasury Department \Nis full of ex-Wall Street males.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.70,0:05:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s an old boys’ club.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.70,0:05:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they don’t like an uppity woman\Nwho happens—
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.23,0:05:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Theresa Amato’s words,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.90,0:05:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an article on the Washington Post \Nweb yesterday,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.39,0:05:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Theresa Amato’s words—
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.06,0:05:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a woman \Nwho has both brains and backbone,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.33,0:05:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead of getting the job, \Nshe gets the pink slip.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.39,0:05:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are people on Capitol Hill\Nwho have told me recently
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.07,0:05:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is not \Na little sexism involved here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.21,0:05:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s another shame \Non Barack Obama.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.61,0:05:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AMY GOODMAN: Can you talk, \NRalph Nader,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.46,0:05:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about why you think Elizabeth Warren\Nshould have been appointed?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.36,0:05:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is her background?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.90,0:05:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did she come to be so involved \Nwith setting up this consumer bureau?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.89,0:06:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RALPH NADER: Well, she starts \Nwith a blue-collar family in Oklahoma,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.81,0:06:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she never forgets that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.23,0:06:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They worked with their hands. \NThey worked hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.50,0:06:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she comes up \Nand becomes a tenured professor at
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.54,0:06:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harvard Law School,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.98,0:06:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the nation’s leading experts \Non bankruptcy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.31,0:06:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clearly the nation’s \Nleading expert
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.58,0:06:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on consumer finance \Nand all the abuses
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.95,0:06:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who have credit cards \Nand have to hook into payday loans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.52,0:06:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rent-to-own loan rackets \Nand who’ve lost their homes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.12,0:06:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of fine print in mortgages, \Netc.—
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.19,0:06:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is the nation’s expert on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.23,0:06:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She comes to Washington \Nat the request of Harry Reid
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.93,0:06:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to head a special congressional \Noversight entity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.86,0:06:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pursuant to the Wall Street \Ncollapse and bailout,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.67,0:06:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does a sterling job,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.33,0:06:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a heavy cross-examination \Nof Timothy Geithner in public.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.14,0:06:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn’t like that, \Nand he never forgot that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.16,0:06:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she is—
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.81,0:06:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then finds herself in Treasury,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.48,0:06:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wondering whether she’s going \Nto be the new head of this agency,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.68,0:07:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which passed as part of the \NDodd-Frank bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.99,0:07:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it turns out that she \Nwas allowed to build it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.04,0:07:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She recruited very competent people \Nin the agency.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.30,0:07:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it sets the standard \Nfor American consumer protection,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.56,0:07:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of competent staff.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.28,0:07:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she wants the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.37,0:07:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody knows she wants the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.04,0:07:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But listen to how this coward \Nin the White House
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.11,0:07:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,handled it yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.44,0:07:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Elizabeth Warren,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.71,0:07:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’ve done a great job \Nbuilding this agency,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.98,0:07:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of your charges \Nwas to find a director.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.47,0:07:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have found a great director,\NRichard Cordray." Imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.52,0:07:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He puts the words in her mouth, \Nwhen he knows very well
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.13,0:07:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she wanted this job \Nas the culmination of her career.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.86,0:07:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s too bad that \Nthe leading women’s organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.86,0:07:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as NOW and \N[Feminist] Majority and others,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.04,0:07:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not take a strong stand,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.80,0:07:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this was a legitimate \Nwomen’s issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.54,0:07:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just a consumer issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.14,0:07:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was sexism involved here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.54,0:07:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re too involved \Nin other things,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.41,0:08:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they didn’t take \Na strong stand for her
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.95,0:08:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of \Nall the working women in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.95,0:08:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of them poor, \Nmany of them chief candidates
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.18,0:08:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for continued Wall Street ripoffs \Nand crimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.89,0:08:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AMY GOODMAN: What about, \NRalph Nader,Cordray?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.68,0:08:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about his background \Nand where you think
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.96,0:08:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he’ll take the agency?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.98,0:08:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RALPH NADER: Well, I think \Nit remains to be seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.34,0:08:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was in the \NOhio attorney general’s office
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.04,0:08:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2004,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.42,0:08:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he became attorney general,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.14,0:08:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was in charge of signing off \Non ways to get me off the ballot
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.78,0:08:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was running for president.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.32,0:08:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they did get me off the ballot \Nin a very disreputable manner.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.99,0:08:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as attorney general, \Nhe was pretty good.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.19,0:08:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let’s put it this way: \Nhe’s a work in progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.26,0:08:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he’s no Elizabeth Warren.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.34,0:08:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn’t have her \Ncommunication skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.67,0:08:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She’s a superb communicator.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.52,0:08:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope we’ll hear from her \Nin the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.66,0:09:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether politically \Nor in some other position.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.35,0:09:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is a rare find.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.34,0:09:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by throwing her overboard, \NObama has signaled
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.08,0:09:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hundreds of good, \Nsmart people all over the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.48,0:09:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would like to turn \Nour government around
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.62,0:09:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it stand for the people, \Nthat they may be too good
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.70,0:09:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the president, they may be \Ntoo good for the rogue Republicans.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.74,0:09:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, in that sense, \Nit has a ripple effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.08,0:09:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s a very negative message \Nto a possible resurgence
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.70,0:09:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the quality \Nof political appointees
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.24,0:09:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Washington,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.51,0:09:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the civil service,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.44,0:09:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s begging for quality \Npolitical appointee leadership.