If Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks wanted to send a message to congressional Democrats with a "symbolic" withholding of donations, they can rest assured it was heard — but not in the way they intended.

~~
~~

"That kind of swagger is a warning shot," Warren wrote to her supporters. "They want a showy way to tell Democrats across the country to be scared of speaking out, to be timid about standing up, and to stay away from fighting for what's right."

~~
~~


"Let's send the biggest banks on Wall Street our own message," Warren said in her fundraising appeal last week. "We're going to keep fighting, and your swagger and your threats won't stop us."

Speaking in New York on Monday, Warren drove home the point again in the lions' den.

"You bet I believe it's a serious threat," Warren said of the banks' effort to sway the debate.[font size="+1"] "I got news for them: Bring it on."[/font]
(more)