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Does the NYT Hate Obama?
Open Left - Front Page —
The New York Times editorial board, which vigorously endorsed Barack Obama for president, has a fairly scathing editorial today about the President-elect's economic team: ...
Learning From Their Mistakes
The Glittering Eye —
... The New York Times, in an editorial this morning, hopes that Lawrence Summers and Timothy Geithner have learned from their mistakes: ...
The power and the glory
The Sideshow —
... the NYT got it exactly right in this editorial about Obama's choice of economic advisors. The Washington Post, on the other hand, is apparently too Kool-Aid sodden to see past its ...
More Obamanomics
The Reaction —
By Creature I know Obama has chosen some of the very people who got us into this mess to help get us out, but, like Mike Malloy, I'm not in the mood to yell about that just yet. If solace is needed I look to some of the new minds Obama has hired and I look to people smarter than me for their positive take on the old minds. To some degree, good or bad, the Bush years have defeated me to the extent that Obama, and his early decisions, are the beneficiary of that defeat. (Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
The Obama Economic Team: Yes They Can?
DownWithTyranny! —
... Watching President-elect Obama put together his economic team has left me a little nervous. Some, like Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin, are Clinton retreads who have always been more concerned with corporate interests than with working families. Geithner I'm not as sure about but judging by the exuberant reaction from Wall Street, he probably more one of them than one of the rest of us. I might be wrong; I don't know. That's why I'm nervous-- despite reassurances from even someone as inherently pessimistic as ...
