norris.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/10/2009
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A look at what Secretary Geithner is telling Congress and the public today.
calculatedriskblog.com - 2/6/2009
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calculatedriskblog.com —
From the WSJ: Bailout Talks Turn to More
Equity Stakes The Obama administration's financial-rescue plan is shaping
up to include capital injections with tougher terms than the first round and an expansion of an existing Federal Reserve lending ...
(more)
Bailout: More Equity Stakes?
thenation.com - 2/11/2009
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thenation.com —
John Nichols Progressive Democrats and President Obama back
restoring some of the stimulus funding that was recklessly
cut by the Senate. No More Mr. Nice Guy Confirm Solis Now Obama's Sense of Urgency
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Today in The Nation: Strengthening the Stimulus
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A Geithner Fan
Talking Points Memo —
... We've found our Geithner fan. Floyd Norris of the Times says: "Tim Geithner hit all the right notes in his speech on the new bailout plan today, and as I said last night on the Charlie Rose show, I think it has a chance to work. It is clear that he and his colleagues have given a lot of thought to what failed to work last year, and learned from the experience." ...
Geithner Reax II
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... last few weeks of leaks led us
to expect.
Noah Millman:
I get two very bad impressions about where we’re going. Geithner and
the Administration generally probably haven’t come to any substantive
conclusions about what needs to be done. Therefore, they are going to
continue down pretty much the same road laid out by Paulson and
Bernanke – and probably in a similarly ad-hoc manner. Which is not
particularly encouraging.
Floyd Norris: The most important issue in making this work will be getting ...
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