. i nominated richard for this job last summer. so you may be wondering why am i appointing him today. it would be a good question. for almost half a year, republicans in the senate have blocked richard's confirmation. i am not going to stand by while a minority in the senate puts party ideology ahead of the people that we were elected to serve, not with so much at stake, not at this make or break moment for middle class america. we are not going to let that happen. president obama speaking in ohio on wednesday. because it is 7:15 on saturday morning, we are talking about regulatory capture and i thought it was a very sophisticated version of the argument about regulatory capture which you hear on the right, the way in