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Waiting for the DeLong-Fish Cage Match
Angry Bear —
... can do that? *Probably not for the specific issue. **To be clear, since there was some confusion the last time I spoke nicely about Summers, he wouldn't be my choice for Treasury Secretary. But Jamie Galbraith, while a wonderful person with a good heart, doesn't seem (from the two times I was in the same space as he at the AEA last year) to be an improvement in the people skills department, and a certain NYT columnist already dislikes him. Peter Orszag should be a contender, but doesn't get named so it's reasonable to assume he's happy ...
Greasing the Skids for Kennedy Care
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... that Barack Obama has selected CBO Director Peter Orszag
to head up the Office of Management and Budget. Orszag is widely
respected on both sides of the aisle for his professionalism and
his command of budgetary detail. He's almost certainly more
supportive of expanded government than the typical Red State
reader, but at least he's likely to be a straight shooter. His
appointment also suggests that one of Barack Obama's priorities as
president will be controlling health care costs, which Orszag has
consistently identified as essential to getting the government's
fiscal house in ...
Orszag Appointment Greases Skids for Kennedy Care?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... that Barack Obama has selected CBO Director Peter Orszag to head up the Office of Management and Budget. Orszag is widely respected on both sides of the aisle for his professionalism and his command of budgetary detail. The Orszag appointment also suggests that one of Barack Obama's priorities as president will be controlling health care costs, which Orszag has consistently identified as essential to getting the government's fiscal house in order. ...
Orszag Hangs Up His Blog
44 —
... goodbyes: A final blog entry," he wrote on his blog. "Today President-elect Obama announced his intention to nominate me as director of the Office of Management and Budget. I am therefore resigning as director of CBO and this will be my final blog entry." "I have absolutely loved my time at CBO," Orszag continues, noting parenthetically that "This blog has also been a special treat: it has provided another way of discussing CBO's work and some of my own views about the policy world." Robert Sunshine , acting director and former deputy director of the CBO, will henceforth pen ...
CBO Cites Facts, Democrats Whine
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... here goes to the CBO, not to the whining members of Congress and especially not to the Obama Pollyanna, who is just absolutely sure they are right. Really they are. They just have to be. As has been the case at every turn, the health care “reform” will actually cost more. The only way they curve is being bent is straight up, asymptotic to the axis (sorry, math degree got the better of me). (Incidentally, Pollyanna is Linda Douglass - an ex-journalist . Elmendorf has a few more credentials in the world of financial facts.)
