It's been quite a day for Elizabeth Warren. First, her CFPB finally gets its director, after Reid plus 50 finally show some cojones. Then she appears on CNBC's The Squawk Box and responds to the hostile and ill-informed questioning of that crew, and as Charles Pierce put it:

Summary (with interpolations):



Squawk man: Aren't banking crises inevitable? Shouldn't people just live with them?

Sen. W: (I'm sure trying not to answer simply "Are you f3$%@ng kidding me): It is possible to avoid those crises as we did for 50 years.

Squawk man: But what about Continental Illinois, huh, huh, huh?

Sen. W.: I said 50 years (trying not to say "you idiot") until de-regulation in the '80s.

Squawk man: But with all due respect Senator, this doesn't have a chance of passing. Why, look at the House repealing Obamacare 38 times. (In other words, why even try????)

Sen. W.: (doing a great job of not looking incredulous and gobsmacked): Due respect yourself, Senator but that's what they said about the CFPB, which has been helping people and just got its director today. Even John McCain supports it. Are you saying why even try? What kind of idiot attitude is that? (OK -- the last part was implied.)

