tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5570458349123628331..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Is a Big Problem Brewing for Larry Summers?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57762770874945433062009-12-21T13:52:55.861-05:002009-12-21T13:52:55.861-05:00I'm talking about the general overall economic...I'm talking about the general overall economic news that the Beltway is rejoicing about ever since the employment numbers weren't as bad. Look through the eyes of the WH--to them, the storm clouds are abating.Mike in Alaskanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70398425285732564182009-12-21T13:23:32.370-05:002009-12-21T13:23:32.370-05:00Mike, can you please list the "good news"...Mike, can you please list the "good news" about Larry. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83356317713666773042009-12-21T12:38:40.775-05:002009-12-21T12:38:40.775-05:00Anon-
Point well taken, but he remains still. Ap...Anon-<br /><br />Point well taken, but he remains still. Apparently the episodes you mention don't cut it, either. So long as good news outweighs the bad, Larry will keep on cruisin'.Mike in Alaskanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42357326152931609672009-12-21T00:59:20.586-05:002009-12-21T00:59:20.586-05:00Summers didn't become Treasury Sec because he ...Summers didn't become Treasury Sec because he wouldn't have made it through the Senate confirmation. There were lots of opponents (Harvard faculty, women's groups, Cornel West, etc.) waiting in the wings to make sure he didn't get that job.<br /><br />Now with more and more negative about Summers coming out, it seems he can forget about getting Bernanke's job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13830834520010029562009-12-21T00:43:21.853-05:002009-12-21T00:43:21.853-05:00Summers made Obama look like an idiot several time...Summers made Obama look like an idiot several times: caught falling asleep at key meetings with bankers and credit card companies; contradicting his colleage Romer by declaring the recession over on Sunday morning talk shows; etc.<br /><br />Need I say more. Not to mention all the fraud and corruption at Harvard: when Andrei Schleifer stole money from government which was supposed to go for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56852424198678528682009-12-20T18:46:16.395-05:002009-12-20T18:46:16.395-05:00I don't mean to be coarse on a lovely Sunday a...I don't mean to be coarse on a lovely Sunday afternoon, but so long as Larry Summers doesn't make Obama look like an idiot, he would have to be caught with a dead underage hooker before he'd lose his job.<br /><br />I don't think this cuts it.<br /><br />jmhoMike in Alaskanoreply@blogger.com