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The CEA chair position isn't

Cho — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:23:22 +0000

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The CEA chair position isn't subject to Senate confirmation. He can appoint who he wants.

I hope it's someone with real-world experience, like a Goldman-Sachs banker or something...

Hardly matters since the

Flavius — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:14:24 +0000

In reply to Thanks for bringing that fact

Hardly matters since the Republicans will block anyone we are interested in seeing appointed.

I agree. I withdraw whining.

Flavius — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:13:01 +0000

In reply to Matt Yglesias noted

I agree. I withdraw whining.

The Good Lord and the Senate

Richard Day — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:36:41 +0000

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The Good Lord and the Senate act in mysterious ways!

Thanks for bringing that fact

we are stardust — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:40:53 +0000

In reply to Matt Yglesias noted

Thanks for bringing that fact here, Dan. Bmaz adds his two cents to a Philip and Gerstein piece about Obama's executive nominations failure (bmaz) or extreme tardiness (politico).

Wonder who he'll hire to replace Goolsbee? Speculation leads to cynicism...

Matt Yglesias noted

Dan Kervick — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:16:16 +0000

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Matt Yglesias noted yesterday:

... it’s only now after Republican opposition to him mounted and the nomination was dead that Diamond’s out there aggressively defending his own qualification. Back when Shelby was a lone voice holding Diamond up in the 111th Congress, there was no high-profile criticism forthcoming from the Senate Democratic leadership or the White House. No encouragement was given to outside progressive voices to write about this and no surrogates were dispatched in the press to try to put the nomination over the finish line. What’s more, by the time Diamond’s name was even put forward the seat in question had lingered vacant for over a year so it was difficult for the White House to argue that it was an urgent post.

It's not whining to hold Democratic leaders, including the President, accountable for their incompetence.