Elizabeth Warren Thinks of Jon Stewart and Vomits. Twice

Elizabeth Warren, in trying to get visibility and promote her views, had to get over her stage fright. That's just one of the non-political anecdotes in her new book, "A Fighting Chance," which makes for varied reading. In other words, the woman who helped create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has presented a very human view of herself as well as her causes.

Warren faced her first financial crisis at 12, when her father suffered a heart attack and the family's income sank. Her mother had to go find a minimum-wage job at Sears.

But perhaps some will find the most sympathy for this potential 2016 Presidential candidate in reading about how unsettled she became in making her debut appearance on "The Daily Show" in 2009: "I was miserable. I had stage fright — gut-wrenching, stomach-turning, bile-filled stage fright...I was having serious doubts about going through with this. I had talked to reporters and been interviewed plenty of times, but this was different. At any second, the whole interview could turn into a giant joke, and what if the joke turned on the work I was trying to do?"

Stewart's questioning style didn't help, and Warren got even more rattled when "he immediately began hurling baseballs straight at my forehead. The beginning was a disaster." But fortunately, she calmed down and has since proved to be an entertaining guest on what an often be a dull, confusing subject. Some of her best TV appearances of late have come as a guest on…no, no…as a guest on "Real Time with Bill Maher."