I’m pretty happy about this:
Sen. Ted Kaufman, the outgoing Delaware senator who battled to break up major banks the past year, will replace Elizabeth Warren as chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told HuffPost.
Reid initially appointed Warren to run the panel, launching her as a national champion of the middle class. The committee oversees the federal government’s bailout of Wall Street.
Kaufman, a Democrat, was appointed to fill Joe Biden’s remaining two years and will serve until a new senator is sworn in in November, after which he’ll take over duties on the panel.
That new senator should be Chris Coons. I wouldn’t mind if the president found something for Mike Castle to do, too. If the Republicans don’t want him, we can borrow him for a while. Such moves help cement the idea that the Republican Party is not a natural home for anyone even halfway sane.
I like Kaufman a lot, and I think he’s done a great job in his short time in the Senate. He’s a good replacement for Warren.
