Consumer Protection Financial Agency

(Newser) - President Obama is having well-documented troubles with progressives , partly because their "sky-high expectations" have collided with political reality, writes Paul Krugman. But the president deserves a fair share of the scorn because of his "consistent snubbing of those who made him what he is." The latest: his...

(Newser) - Some powerful forces are lining up to ensure that Elizabeth Warren isn’t chosen to head the Consumer Protection Financial Agency, which is absurd, writes David Weidner of the Wall Street Journal , because “there really is no other choice.” Warren invented and championed the whole idea of the...