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Transition News 11/24
The Stump —
... Obama officially introduces his economic
team. ...
Christine Pelosi: Team Obama: Transformation, Transparency & Trust
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As with all Obama nominees, his economic team http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/geithner_summers_among_key_economic_team_members_announced_today/
displays the hallmarks of success: transformation, transparency and trust. ...
BuzzFlash Mailbag for November 24, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... is serving (other than cabinet members who attend meetings). Obama has named Romer, Barnes and Higginbottom , so far.] Karen Subject: Inhofe Calls it Environmental Thuggery "I unearthed green roots hiding beneath the bailout rhetoric", he said in a speech in the senate. On top of everything else my spell-checker just suggested I change Inhofe's name to "inhale". Let's get him a new job checking for brown roots in Okla. Rep. Mary Fallon's hair. "In fact, there are 'usual suspects' working behind the scenes to subvert the auto bailout and ultimately betray auto workers." OMG, ...
Obama Rolls Out Economic Team
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... roles at Treasury, the IMF and the New York Fed, Tim Geithner offers not just extensive experience shaping economic policy and managing financial markets, but an unparalleled understanding of our current economic crisis, in all of its depth, complexity and urgency. Tim will waste no time getting up to speed. He will start his first day on the job with a unique insight into the failures of today’s markets—and a clear vision of the steps we must take to revive them.
Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...
Beware of Transition Leaks
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... Salmon notes that if you read Saturday's Wall Street Journal, you would have expected the following individuals to be named today as key members of President-elect Obama's economic team: Peter Orszag as director of OMB Jacob Lew as chair of the National Economic Council Jason Furman as Lew's deputy chair at the NEC Austan Goolsbee as chair the Council of
Economic AdvisersHowever, not only were none of these individuals named today, the jobs as head of the NEC and CEA actually went to other individuals. Writes ...
It's Not About People, It's About Policy
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... team he feels is best to execute his policies, and if we were to criticize Obama, it should be reserved for "matters of policy, not personnel."
Because what's most important now is to solve the myriad of crises in the economy, environment and health care, and to make a clean break with neocon foreign policy, and we in the grassroots need to keep our eye on the ball.
This week's developments further prove the point.
While Obama turned to some economic officials, most notably Larry Summers, who are not known for liberal ...
Obama Rolls Out Economic Team
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... roles at Treasury, the IMF and the New York Fed, Tim Geithner offers not just extensive experience shaping economic policy and managing financial markets, but an unparalleled understanding of our current economic crisis, in all of its depth, complexity and urgency. Tim will waste no time getting up to speed. He will start his first day on the job with a unique insight into the failures of today’s markets—and a clear vision of the steps we must take to revive them.
Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...
Beware of Transition Leaks
The Hollywood Liberal —
... , you would have expected the following individuals to be named today as key members of President-elect Obama’s economic team: However, not only were none of these individuals named today, the jobs as head of the NEC and CEA actually went to other individuals. Writes Salmon: “If I were Lew or Goolsbee I’d be furious at the WSJ report, and at whoever the sources were for it, because now they both look as though they had the jobs in question until someone better came along.” ...
11/25: Judging Obama By The Company He Keeps
Blogometer —
... to be creating any lasting institutions that will be with us when the economy recovers, and/or irreversible during any future conservative administration. Obama also left open the possibliity that he wouldn't raise taxes on those making over $250,000 until the tax cuts are set to expire in 2011." BARNES: Finally, A Progressive Appointment! While many liberal bloggers remain upset about the lack of progressives in Obama's cabinet, they were pleased to learn that Obama has appointed Melody Barnes -- a former Executive VP at the Center for American Progress -- ...
