There is no change. Geithner got the job because of oligarchic birthright and his personal connection to the Soetoro family. Tim Geithner is literally the only top tier Democrat in the country who was along term acquaintance with Obama’s mother and stepfather. Expect Obama to sure Chicago machien politics level of loyalty to his long known and faithful finance capo.
http://philanthropy.com/news/government/6453/ford-foundation-links-parents-of-obama-and-treasury-secretary-nominee
December 03, 2008
Ford Foundation Links Parents of Obama and Treasury Secretary Nominee
In an unusual twist of fate, the parents of Barack Obama and his pick for secretary of Treasury, Timothy Geithner, share a nonprofit connection: they worked at the Ford Foundation at the same time.
Indeed, Mr. Geithner’s father was head of the philanthropy’s Asia grant making for a period in the early 1980s and oversaw the work of Mr. Obama’s mother, who developed the organization’s microfinance programs in Indonesia.
According to the foundation, they met at least once in Jakarta.
No word on whether the two parents speculated on the future careers of their sons.
— Ian Wilhelm
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That's far too complimentary to the tax cheat. His press conference was a hodgepodge of socialist economic platitudes, shopworn bromides, and fuzzy obfuscation that basically attempted to disguise that the "brilliant and indispensable" Treasury Sec'ty and his "anointed leader" have no idea what they are going to do.
Today was spent with Congress excoriating Bank presidents that had far less to do with the meltdown than Congress itself.
We need, one - just one - leader to stand up and cry Bull-Szit at the top of his lungs. We don't have one!
The wheels on the bus go round (bump) around, (bump) around, (bump) around...