No debate from me on Summers, he is detestable for the reasons you have mentioned. Obama went for the safe, Democratic establishment hands, with him. One gets the sense economics is not Obama's strong suit and he probably relied on Emanuel (the other stiff who isn't mentioned here) to help him through those ill-considered appointments.

But Geithner is in another league. A full-on Wall Street catamite.

Personally I step away from this a bit perhaps, because I am not a democrat, so I think more in terms of the democrats looking out for their party interests, not mine. In that sense, Clinton's appointment still makes sense. Summers no longer does. Geithner and Emanuel never did. The latter three are, today, huge political liabilities to the president.

All four are moral liabilities to me, of course, but then, the party they represent isn't mine...

 

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