Will Elizabeth Warren Purge American Politics Of Corruption?

Will Elizabeth Warren Purge American Politics Of Corruption?
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, listens to a question after a Bloomberg Television interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Warren said she anticipates Janet Yellen will be a more aggressive financial regulator than Ben S. Bernanke when she succeeds him as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, listens to a question after a Bloomberg Television interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Warren said she anticipates Janet Yellen will be a more aggressive financial regulator than Ben S. Bernanke when she succeeds him as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

On its surface, the scene resembled an evangelical rally, the pews loaded with elderly white women letting out occasional chants of "Uh huh!" and "Yeah!" But standing at the lectern in place of a wild-eyed pastor was a wild-eyed Elizabeth Warren, the consumer advocate-turned-Massachusetts senator, urging her flock toward political salvation.

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