The Huffington Post:
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) blasted Congress for America's financial troubles and predicted that the debt ceiling agreement would unravel this fall, calling his congressional colleagues "career elitists" and "cowards" at an event in Langley, Oklahoma on Tuesday.
"It's just a good thing I can't pack a gun on the Senate floor," Coburn said, according to the Tulsa World.
The remark comes just weeks after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) returned to Congress to vote in favor of raising the nation's debt ceiling, seven months after she was shot in the head by a gunman in Tucson, Ariz.
In response to a man who asked whether President Barack Obama "wants to destroy America," Coburn also managed to both defend and insult the president, calling him a "very bright" man who loves his country but also someone who "as an African-American male," received "tremendous advantage" from government programs.
Obama's "intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him," Coburn said.
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The Wall Street Journal:
Elizabeth Warren, who got the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau off the ground and ready for its official launch, has been the subject of speculation on whether she’ll try to unseat Republican Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts next year.
On Thursday, the Democrat launched an exploratory committee and a campaign website, moving her closer to taking on Mr. Brown.
Ms. Warren, who recently returned to Massachusetts after setting up the consumer agency, has spent time meeting with grassroots activists—along with their friends and neighbors—as well as local Democratic officials across the state to introduce herself and discuss their concerns, an individual close to her said on Thursday.
Earlier this week, the liberal organization Progressive Change Campaign Committee announced it had already raised $100,000 for Ms. Warren.
Ms. Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, was passed over for the top spot at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau earlier this summer after drawing sharp criticism from Republicans, who weren’t expected to support her in a Senate confirmation vote. The consumer agency opened its doors on July 21, and Ms. Warren stepped down on Aug. 1.
Mr. Brown, who has amassed $10 million for his re-election campaign and has strong support within the Bay State, won the seat in a special election last year after the death of liberal icon Sen. Edward Kennedy.
