How is it that there are so many radicals in the Obama administration? Easy - appoint them to positions that don't require Senate confirmation or, as in the case of the radical, anti-capitalist Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren, just skirt the process entirely.

Obama will create a "Special Advisory Role" at the brand new Consumer Financial Protection Agency and slot Warren in the position. She will be de facto head of the agency and therefore, avoid senate confirmation.

The Washington Post:

The financial overhaul bill signed into law in July gives this consumer watchdog - and the person who leads it - broad autonomy to write and enforce rules governing credit cards, mortgages and other such loans.

Under the law, the Treasury maintains responsibility for setting up the new regulator until the president nominates a director, subject to approval by the Senate.

By appointing Warren to a post within the administration - much as the White House did with "car czar" Steven Rattner and "compensation czar" Kenneth Feinberg - Obama would free her to act as the bureau's director almost immediately while avoiding a confirmation battle.