Maria Cantwell, Washington State Senator, Takes On Wall Street

The New York Times:

SEATTLE -- Crawling along a ledge leading to the 13,775-foot summit of Grand Teton two months ago, Senator Maria Cantwell, Democrat of Washington, paused for an instant at the crux of the climb.

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Comments

[SangZe]

06:30 AM on 11/14/2011

These women, and others like them, will do what the spineless men in congress and the presidency have failed to do. This is where we will find the leadership so sadly lacking in the u.s.

[bushfailure]

02:10 AM on 11/14/2011

Cantwell and Warren 2016.

[John Kiener]

07:50 PM on 11/13/2011

When I first saw that picture...I thought she was describing Karl Rove :-)

[vietveter]

04:16 PM on 11/13/2011

WARREN, and those like her are actually

all that we have making us different from

Italy.

[taddles]

04:03 AM on 11/13/2011

Cantwell and Warren, two true American heroes.

[AllenD]

09:07 PM on 11/12/2011

Climbing Grand Teton is impressive too.

[Seymourhiney]

07:39 PM on 11/12/2011

The I Q of the U S Senate will jump up when Warren is sworn in.

We're Mitch CConnell , Rand Paul, and Demint to depart the Senate, the I Q would double.

[Faelsun]

05:43 PM on 11/12/2011

I think Warren is kind of cute, I bet she's a FREAK, you know how those geeky girls can be.

[Erik Rieder]

04:55 PM on 11/13/2011

This is actually true, both parts

[kamact]

04:49 PM on 11/12/2011

I would vote for Warren,...

[Lila Wilson]

01:53 PM on 11/12/2011

I have voted for this woman every chance I've gotten. :)

[oldguru]

12:05 PM on 11/12/2011

Why is it that women have more ba**s than any of the men in congress?

[CoronaDischarge]

11:13 AM on 11/12/2011

Imagine if thoughtful women start making policy.

Apparently this is what scares banks and big oil and all the right wing social ideologues.

Maria Cantwell, Elizabeth Warren we need more like them.
Republicans? ... any Republican ... not so much.

[Dan1902]

10:22 AM on 11/12/2011

The End of Casino Capitalism must happen very soon or our Republic will cease to exist period!!

[redscarecrow]

09:59 AM on 11/12/2011

Warren, Cantwell, and Sanders, not a bad trio to start a new national political party to replace the irredeemably corrupt Democratic Party.

[tweed7t]

12:25 AM on 11/12/2011

And when Wendy Gramm supported the creation of derivitives and advocated for deregulation of the commodity futures market, Brookley Born warned of the consequences .But Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin, and hubby Phil Gramm shouted her down and deregulation became a reality. Don't you think Phil Gramm had a conflict of interest? Wendy moved on to Enron and Brookley Born got shown the door. If we are to honor, rightfully, Warren and Cantwell, it would be remiss not to mention Brookly Born. Widipedia her for more information.