Even on his way out, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd isn’t relenting when it comes to Elizabeth Warren.
Months after torpedoing her candidacy to head a new consumer protection agency, Dodd (D-Conn.) reiterated his view yesterday that Warren doesn’t have enough political clout to get confirmed by a majority in the Senate.
In September, President Obama appointed Warren, a Harvard professor, as a special adviser to get the agency off the ground, but stopped short of nominating her as the bureau’s first director.
Dodd told a conference yesterday that Warren isn’t likely to ever get the nomination — even though she’s capable — because she’s “not confirmable.”
“It doesn’t matter if you are qualified, you gotta produce the necessary 60 votes . . .and I’m suggesting based on my observations that that would pose some difficulties,” he said yesterday in an interview with talk show host Charlie Rose at a conference for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.