At this point it looks like George W. Bush is running the economy in the same way he ran the war in Iraq.
Hank Paulson ,Paul Bremer, and George Tenet.
GWB sure can pick ‘em.
Everyone makes bad picks in employees at times.
The sign of a competent manager is that he deals with the problem and doesn’t allow it to fester. Bush allows problems to fester.
Worse than that, Bush has bungled the SecTreas pick all the way from Day 1. If there is one thing that Bush has done wrong above all other mistakes, it was treating the SecTreas position as a “oh by the way” sort of pick.
Paulson, however, is in a league of incompetence all his own. This has been apparent for quite some time, but starting in September, Bush should have at least had a chat with Paulson to tell him “start getting it right or get out...”
That’s what you get crossing the aisle handing the keys to the economy to a Democrat in an election year.
Good to see your giving Bush credit for winning the war