Monitor Warsh's actual policy positions during confirmation hearings versus campaign rhetoric about Fed independence, and track whether the Powell investigation truly ends or remains a threat to future chairs who resist political pressure.
This represents genuine institutional capture (Fed independence erosion through Powell probe pressure, loyalist replacement) with multi-year durability and difficult reversibility (5-year term). However, the timing—announced immediately after Powell probe ends and during Iran war backlash—plus heavy media coverage relative to actual policy substance (analysis suggests continuity) creates significant distraction value. The B score edges A by 5 points, but both exceed 25, warranting MIXED classification.