One of the biggest subjects of speculation concerned Warren’s committee assignment. Warren has not said what committee seat she is seeking, but the Banking Committee would be a natural fit for the former consumer advocate and consumer credit watchdog....  


:-)

Warren also is said to be interested in the Judiciary Committee....

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One of the good things about having taken such large chunks of time off is I can toss all the campaign blather from the half-read, quarter-read, and unread Globes into the recycling bag. 

UPDATE: 

"Financial sector wants ties to Elizabeth Warren; Campaign views are set aside" by Noah Bierman  |  Globe Staff, November 22, 2012

The financial services industry has begun a careful and unlikely mission to thaw relations with Warren, even if its motives behind the scenes remain unclear....

I think we can gue$$ at their motives. 

David D’Alessandro, former chief executive of John Hancock, said, “They’ll do what big companies always do. They’ll say, ‘The election’s over and what contortions do we have to perform to get on her good side?’ I’m sure they’re already figuring out which lobbyists might get in good with her, how to get their chief executives to have breakfast with her.”

D’Alessandro said corporations never expect someone like Warren, an activist, to win. But now, they will have little choice but to work with her for the next six years....

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