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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTPM: "Senate Dems Signal That Summers To Fed Is A No-Go"
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/senate-dem-leadership-summers-fed-confirmation-fight-would-be-ugly-perhaps-impossible.php?ref=fpa"This should go a long way toward dissuading White House advisers that President Obama should nominate Larry Summers to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
Given the level of opposition to Larry Summers within our caucus, confirming him would be a huge challenge and probably a pretty ugly process, a Senate Democratic leadership aide tells TPM.
For the past week or so, news reports have caused Fed watchers and progressives to conclude that Summers had become the leading contender to replace Ben Bernanke, surpassing Fed vice chair Janet Yellen, who had been the odds-on favorite for months.
This concern was bolstered by a public relations push by Summers allies, though the White Houses official position is that Obama has made no decision, a decision was never imminent, and wont be coming until the fall."
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Discuss.....I hope that this does indeed dissuade his selection!
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TPM: "Senate Dems Signal That Summers To Fed Is A No-Go" (Original Post)
NRaleighLiberal
Jul 2013
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The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)1. Hope It Sticks, Sir
Fellow is barely fit to leave circulars on door-steps....
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)3. Me as well, good sir! We are in need of some good news!
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)2. Oh, Lord
I didn't even know that was a possibility.
Put your feet down, Dems.
SharonAnn
(13,776 posts)5. Yes, I was shocked that his name was even floated. He's been discredited in so many ways!
suffragette
(12,232 posts)4. Hope it works