Elizabeth Warren Hailed As 'The New Sheriff' In Music Video (VIDEO)

Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel and professor of law at Harvard University, is getting some eye-catching support in a progressive push for the bailout watchdog to lead a new consumer financial protection agency.

In a new western-themed music video from Main Street Brigade, Warren is hailed as "the new sheriff." The spot highlights her deep credentials and makes the case for why she should be the Obama administration's pick to head the recently-established CFPA.

A Time Magazine cover story published in May lauded Warren as one of "the new sheriffs of Wall Street."

Warren was the first to envision creating a bureau specifically aimed at protecting consumers from predatory lending practices.

Her candidacy to lead the new body has been endorsed by Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of 250 organizations long campaigning for legislation aimed at bringing new rules for the financial system. According to AFR, she "has shown a steadfast and tireless commitment to protecting consumers throughout her distinguished career and is without question the best candidate."

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[CherokeeGirl]

01:46 AM on 08/15/2010

I can dig it, yo! :)

[IndyFem]

11:45 PM on 08/13/2010

THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT!!!! Get the message out in a cool way..especially to the younger voters...THIS IS BRILLINT !!!! Thank you

[Brothaman2k]

08:59 PM on 08/13/2010

A little crip walkin' for Elizabeth Warren... I can dig it. lol

[IndyFem]

11:52 PM on 08/13/2010

Hey Crips dont wanna get ripped off either!!! lol

[southernman]

07:32 PM on 08/13/2010

That was excellent... I saw the music video on the NYC Muslim Center the other day and it was pathetic so much I didn't watch it all. Its good to see professionals do it right

[tjconkster]

07:17 PM on 08/13/2010

She better be careful....the repubs an Chris Dodd might try to shoot the sheriff..

Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10qLYy6hiFQ

[Susan Lester]

06:59 PM on 08/13/2010

This guy's good! Catchy tune, fun video. Make it viral!

[parlimentMike]

05:57 PM on 08/13/2010

How many days did it take Obama to select the architects of the Financial Collapse as the ones to step in and shore it up?

When you have clarity in who you are serving, there is no delay.

[Patri]

05:42 PM on 08/13/2010

Great! I love it! Give us more! Let's use these videos to really move people. It worked with Obama. Let's make it work for Warren. Obama, appoint, appoint, appoint a new Sheriff, ELIZABETH.

THANKS FOLKS. I LOVE THE VIDEO AND I LOVE YOU FOR MAKING IT.

[Stock]

04:30 PM on 08/13/2010

Love it. And love Warren.

[mashland]

04:22 PM on 08/13/2010

www.ElizabethWarrenforPresident.com

Why not?

[UpNorthGuyWI]

04:22 PM on 08/13/2010

This woman is such a joke. A big leftist bureaucrat --she will fit in well in the Administration but when she has clowns like Al Frankenstein and John F. Kerry for her that means she is no good.

[rosiebond007]

05:21 PM on 08/13/2010

She is looking out for the consumer first - that means you too. However, when she makes adjustments in your favor, you can decline any time !! Just don't startt crying later.

[Ohioan4truth]

05:21 PM on 08/13/2010

Instant Karma.......add water to you and stir vigorously!

[jimpager]

04:08 PM on 08/13/2010

The new LAWMAN in town is a WOMAN...

But how about Ms Warren...NOT as head of some consumer protection agency...how bout VP (with domestic portfolio) on a Grayson/Warren ticket? Grayson, with policy portfolio of stopping the wars and closing 700 bases around the world and Warren (domestic portfolio) with consumer protection, splitting up Goldman Sachs, a la Theresa Roosevelt (Teddie's girlfriend), re-regulating Wall Street, Fannie/Freddie, AIG, listing ALL hedge funds and outlandish financial vehicles (CDOs etc) with NEW and extensive listing requirements, and splitting investment banks from commercial banks. And then campaign finance reform. And we still want that PUBLIC OPTION. For starters...

No War. No Wall Street crooks. No manipulative banks. No bipartisanship. No fake liberals. No Bushies in the administration. Just Change we can believe in.

[UpNorthGuyWI]

04:23 PM on 08/13/2010

Grayson went to the same circus clown school as Franken. How embarrassing it must be to be a liberal.

[rosiebond007]

05:19 PM on 08/13/2010

Actually no - it's quite "liberating" !!!

[Patri]

05:49 PM on 08/13/2010

Did you miss out on being taken to the circus. Is that why you're so hung up on clowns and jokes. Tell mommy to take you next time Barnum & Bailey is in town. Get it out of your system. Then do some reading and get yourself some education. You are pitiful.

[DharmaRecruit]

04:04 PM on 08/13/2010

That's great. Who's responsible for the erroneous use of "wrap" instead of "rap"?

[joefoss]

03:43 PM on 08/13/2010

Great.
=The "professional left" puts another nail in the coffin of Elizabeth Warren's slim-to-none prospects
to be appointed head of the CFPB.
=Really want to help her candidacy? Make a video starring middle-aged white people reminiscing
about Elizabeth Warren's childhood: how she had a poster of J. Edgar Hoover in her bedroom,
sold lemonade to raise money for Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign, and was the youngest
member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in her hometown.
=THAT will impress the boys @ the White House!

[Friction57]

06:40 PM on 08/13/2010

fanned

I so wish I didn't agree with this, if it would only be snark.

[Newsjunqee]

03:33 PM on 08/13/2010

Great video!

ELIZABETH WARREN FOR PRESIDENT 2012.

[mashland]

04:22 PM on 08/13/2010

http://www.elizabethwarrenforpresident.com/

[Newsjunqee]

05:35 PM on 08/13/2010

Done! and F&F.

The link is now a signature attached to my emails.
Do you have a link for the video?
Both would be a nice start to her campaign that must start NOW.
NOW... also reminds me that she would get the majority of the women's vote right off the bat!

(Dear Gawd, please please make her accept.)

[southernman]

10:29 PM on 08/14/2010

Elizabeth Warren for my girl friend can I get a hoorah