Elizabeth Warren, touted to lead new consumer protection agency, has powerful enemies

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 19:02 EDT
 

The consumer advocate's blunt questions as head of the TARP watchdog panel have made Wall Street captains squirm. Critics say she favors too much government control.

For a soft-spoken, unfailingly polite university professor, Elizabeth Warren has a surprising knack for making people squirm — particularly on Wall Street.

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