Legal Commentary

Extreme CDS

By Big Tent Democrat

As someone who declared war on Larry Summers when he was President of Harvard, I feel comfortable asking Josh Marshall this question - what in the hell are you talking about when you write this?

Just at the level of optics, since the economy is issue number one right now (and not just the real economy of jobs and living standards but the financial architecture itself) and you're trying to look forward not back, why would you pick someone for Treasury who was not only in the Clinton administration but was actually Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration. Not understanding that.

Let's see Josh - because the Clinton Administration is synonymous with a robust economy and a Presidential Administration that knew how to manage the economy? That being perceived to be like the Clinton Administration on the economy would inspire exceptionally high confidence in the country and on Wall Street? Is Josh Marshall so far gone in his Clinton Derangement Syndrome that he does not know this? Honestly, what is wrong with him?

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on November 06, 2008 (boomark / email).