thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/21/2008
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Timothy F. Geithner is a Treasury veteran who as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has all year been at the center of the worsening economic crisis.
Obama's Cabinet Taking Shape: Geithner For Treasury, Richardson At Commerce
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/21/2008 — Those Cabinet appointments are finally starting to come -- and they're coming fast, too, just at a time when a tumbling economy and uncertain marketplace need to know who they're dealing with.
Barack Obama has reportedly made his picks for two top ...
Obama picks Geithner for Treasury: report
swamppolitics.com 11/21/2008 —
New York Federal Reserve President Tim Geithner gestures as he makes a point to Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke on Oct. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
by Frank James
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President-elect Barack ...
Ministry of all the talents
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 11/22/2008 — Orszag in the middle, Geithner in the corner
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.
The New Center-Right
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/22/2008 — David Sanger for The New York Times :
Now, his reported selections for two of the major positions in his cabinet - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and Timothy F. Geithner as secretary of the Treasury - suggest that Mr. Obama is ...
Reading About Timothy Geithner —
Matthew Yglesias
Here’s some Tim Geithner clippings:
Here’s Bob Kuttner : “Geithner’s admirers span the spectrum from Republican financial mogul Pete Peterson to liberal Democrat Barney Frank. One can infer from his broad fan base three possible conclusions: Wall Street is so clubby ...
Why the Geithner Pick Is Even Better Than You Think —
The Stump
A few weeks ago, I wrote a profile of Tim Geithner that explored his relationship with Larry Summers during their eight years at Treasury in the 1990s. The two men had formed such a productive partnership that I wondered if there were some way of reuniting them at under Obama. Invariably the ...
Stocks Rally on Geithner Treasury Pick —
Drudge Retort
U.S. stocks rallied and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rebounded from an 11-year low after President-elect Barack Obama picked New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner to head the Treasury.
Geithner, Treasury Secretary —
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Justin Fox : One thing Geithner doesn't have much background in is economic policy other than financial policy (at Treasury his big job was jetting around the world fighting the emerging markets financial crises of the late 1990s). So the other names on the economic team that Obama is set to ...
Geithner for Treasury —
Suburban Guerrilla
The market seems to like him:
CHICAGO (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama on Friday moved toward nominating Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary and charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with helping pull the United States out of an economic nosedive.
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Timothy Geithner Named Treasury Secretary —
The Jawa Report
The moderate picks keep coming from Obama. I don't know much about Timothy Geithner, but I know my stock portfolio likes him:U.S. stocks rallied and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rebounded from an 11-year low after President-elect Barack Obama...
Geithner for Treasury —
Corrente
More Fridyay fodder for Sunday morning:
President-elect Barack Obama has selected Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary, charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with pulling the United States out of an economic nosedive, NBC news reported on Friday.
A senior Democrat ...
Geither at Treasury, Richardson at Commerce —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
It appears that Barack Obama’s economic team is set, with Timothy Geithner at Treasury and Bill Richardson at Commerce.
President-elect Barack Obama has selected Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary, charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with pulling the United ...
Geithner! Clinton! —
Matthew Yglesias
As you probably know, it now looks like Tim Geithner for Treasury and Hillary Clinton for State. Geithner seems like a win-win — better-regarded by liberals than Larry Summers, but about equally well-regarded by centrists. Clinton at State is popular choice if the polls are to be ...
Small World News —
Wife of former Fed Chairman announces Treasury Secretary appointment: “ Barring last minute changes, the nominee for Treasury Secretary will be NY Fed President Tim Geithner — a career Treasury official under both Bob Rubin and Larry Summers — who actually had worked at ...
Geithner at Treasury: Decent But Uninspired —
Firedoglake
Word is that Geithner will be getting the official nod for Treasury on Monday . It's a reasonable pick, far better than Larry Summers would have been. Geithner, unlike Summers, did actually predict the financial crisis before it actually happened. He's ready to go on day one, having been ...
Meet Tim Geithner —
Political Animal
MEET TIM GEITHNER.... Of the three apparent cabinet moves this afternoon, we know a lot about Hillary Clinton, quite a bit about Bill Richardson, but comparably less about Timothy Geithner. If he's going to be the Secretary of the Treasury...
Report: Geithner Tapped as Treasury Secretary —
News
According to a report from MSNBC's FirstRead, President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary.
Geithner currently serves as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He was widely considered to be on Obama's short list of candidates to head the ...
Obama's No-Drama Pick for Treasury: Tim Geithner —
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo
Various news outlets are reporting that on Monday, Barack Obama will announce his pick for Treasury secretary: Tim Geithner.
Compared to the other leading contender, Larry Summers, a former Clinton Treasury secretary, Geithner, the president of the New York Federal Reserve, is relatively ...
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