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A Very Good Start on Obama-Biden Economic Policy
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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How Best To Fix Our Broken Economy?
Firedoglake — ... : "Seriously, isn’t it amazing just how impressive the people being named to key positions in the Obama administration seem? Bye-bye hacks and cronies, hello people who actually know what they’re doing. For a bunch of people who were written off as a permanent minority four years ago, the Democrats look remarkably like the natural governing party these days, with a deep bench of talent." He seems to be quite confident that Obama can do what needs to be done. Brad DeLong echoes Krugman's praise of Obama's team, as does ...

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