Handicapping the Cloudy Future of FDIC Leadership

Also, activist hedge fund group makes fresh attack on SEC's swap disclosure rule

Senate Banking Chairman Sherrod Brown told people at a recent fundraiser that he was blindsided by the White House’s move last month to nominate two Republicans to the FDIC, a comment that underscores the senator’s public remarks that he isn’t in a hurry to move forward on their confirmations.

But Brown, according to people familiar with the matter, also…