delong.typepad.com - 11/25/2008
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Paul Krugman writes:
Ministry of all the talents : Geithner at Treasury, Orszag at OMB, Summers as senior WH adviser. Think how far we’ve come from having John Snow making obeisance to Karl Rove...
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