Tim Geithner
Why The Geithner Pick Is Even Better Than You Think
A few weeks ago, I wrote a profile of Tim Geithner that explored his relationship with Larry Summers during their eight years together at Treasury in the 1990s. The two men had formed such a productive partnership that I wondered if there were some way of reuniting them under Obama. READ MORE >>
Clinton And Geithner
It's official: NYT is reporting that Hillary Clinton will be secretary of state. And, in an announcment everyone thought would happen before the SOS pick, NBC is reporting that Tim Geithner will be tapped as treasury secretary Monday. --Seyward Darby READ MORE >>
The O-List
In the spring of 2007, long before Sarah Palin became a feminist icon, before Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers reared their unreconstructed heads, before Hillary Clinton ever questioned his readiness to be president, Barack Obama's greatest nemesis was a 29-year-old paralegal named Joe Anthony. Anthony had attracted tens of thousands of fans to a MySpace page he'd set up for Obama—a testament to the legions of new voters the candidate was inspiring. But, back in Chicago, all Anthony's site inspired was indigestion. READ MORE >>