Madame Secretary?

[George K]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/progressives-push-warren-treasury-secretary-signaling-bigger-ideological-battle-if-n1244652

Progressives are pushing hard to see Elizabeth Warren leading the Treasury Department in an opening salvo of a coming ideological struggle for control of key government posts if Joe Biden wins the presidency.

Donors, activists and leaders on the left want Warren, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, as treasury secretary, more than a half-dozen of them said. And people Warren has spoken to are under the impression that she wants the job if she is offered it.

"There's a huge gap between Sen. Warren and any other likely candidate," said Larry Cohen, former president of the Communications Workers of America union and a close ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. "She, first of all, understands finance capital and second of all is prepared to wrangle with it. Some of the other candidates I've heard about are not prepared to wrangle with it."

[Loki]

Saw her rebuke of Amy on CSPAN yesterday. It was as strong as you could imagine and left no room to position her as having any diplomatic bones.

[jon-nyc]

I doubt it.

But it probably won't be a Wall Street person either.

[Mik]

I kind of doubt it too. Would not think Biden would want to send that message of solidarity with the progressives, but rather a more solid-centrist choice. He does not want to see the market tumble.

[jon-nyc]

She could even have trouble getting through a Dem senate.

[Copper]

@Mik said in Madame Secretary?:

He does not want to see the market tumble.

Actually he does.

Right up to his inauguration (should such an indignity occur).

[jon-nyc]

The economist is mentioning this woman as a front runner. Worked for Obama’s treasury, currently a Fed governor.

https://amp.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/10/24/the-front-runner-for-joe-bidens-treasury-boss-has-a-mighty-cv?__twitter_impression=true