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Elizabeth Warren: Not As Popular As You Think

Updated on: September 14, 2010 / 4:25 PM EDT / MoneyWatch

For a while, Elizabeth Warren seemed ubiquitous--she was all over the press as the TARP overseer, one of the three "New Sheriffs of Wall Street" who graced the cover of Time Magazine and the woman who invented the concept of a consumer financial protection bureau.

As the scuttlebutt heats up over whether Warren will actually run the new agency, we thought it might be interesting to see if real people know who she was and what their feelings were about consumer protection.

Jill Schlesinger

Jill Schlesinger, CFP® is the Emmy-nominated business analyst for CBS News. She covers the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign on TV, radio (including her nationally syndicated radio show), the web and her blog, "Jill on Money." Prior to her second career at CBS, Jill spent 14 years as the co-owner and chief investment officer for an independent investment advisory firm. She began her career as a self-employed options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York, following her graduation from Brown University.

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