“In an interview in Salon, Warren, who has said she doesn’t plan to seek the 2016 presidential nomination, said fellow Democrats including President Obama have not done enough to help consumers.

On President Obama: Warren praised Obama for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency aimed at enforcing consumer protection laws.

But she told Salon that “there has not been nearly enough change” in the wake of the U.S. financial crisis.”*

***

Howard Fineman, MSNBC contributor and one of President Barack Obama‘s most vocal supporters, writes in an op-ed for the Huffington Post that the once “fresh, idealistic” president is now a shadow of his former self.

Fineman boils down the reason for Obama’s tarnished luster to basically everything, including the domestic promises and threats to foreign enemies that just never seem to pan out.

Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/msnbcs-fineman-on-confused-obama-sweeping-declarations-damage-his-credibility/

***

The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks down Fineman and Warren’s criticisms of President Obama.