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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:31 AM Original message |
Robert Kuttner Must Read: Lifting the TARP. Will Obama's Economic Team Lead Him Off a Cliff? |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. More from Kuttner's article on the Geithner/Summers approach... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's it in a nutshell |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. The most disturbing part of this is the potential for Republicans to coopt the issue |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes, the Republicans AND Lou Dobbs. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. that's what I thought last night (re: republicans coopting this). Our only hope is their stupidity |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe Obama will lead his advisors off a cliff... he's not an infant |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. In the 'hoping for a miracle' category?' |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Obama isn't an economist. He's an executive delegating responsibility. He isn't the one formulating |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If almost everyone on this board could figure out where his appointments would take us |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 04:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. bingo! I can't believe people can't see thru this bs...Geithner and Summers need to go asap |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I really really hope he reads Robert Reich's blog (The one mentioning Volker) |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Bingo - somehow Obama can appoint corporate whores to these economic positions |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Geithner hopes to enlist hedge funds..." |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Your assessment, am afraid, is spot on. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Thanks and I agree with that article |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. K & R |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Thank you for posting this. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wish he'd take Robert Reich advice: 'Paul Volcker to Barack Obama' |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That is a wonderful piece of advice for Obama. Question: |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Reich. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Reich wrote a heck of a piece and I really loved it. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Reich was great on Keith's show tonight - hope the President listens to him. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Robert Reich is perhaps one of the few people at the top who understands the |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. No one will lead Obama off any cliff (ha!) especialy with Michelle in the background |
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jonestonesusa (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Excellent article - great advice. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. Tim Geithner/Larry Summers have been officially exposed! I'm looking forward |
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D-Lee (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
26. HEY stop forgetting TARP was republican! |
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jonestonesusa (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. A number of Democrats also voted for it. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Sure is looking more and more like that team we weren't thrilled with to begin with... |
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