Elizabeth Warren Takes Out an Obama Nominee
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, attends a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to markup an original bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergOver the weekend, Antonio Weiss asked not to be re-nominated for the job of Undersecretary of Domestic Finance at the Treasury Department. It was a major coup for the Senate Democrats who had opposed the nomination, led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, eventually including one-fifth of the caucus.
At the same time, pollster Peter Hart wrangled a 12-person focus group in Colorado, and both John Dickerson and Dan Balz were there to record it. They left with similar takes: Voters (well, twelve of them) recoiled at the thought of Clinton and Bush families fighting for the presidency, and voters were fairly warm to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.