[patent]

I'm of a mixed view. I don't hate him as some here do, and I hardly expect that a replacement would be any better, but I tend to think some turnover at the top would be good, sort of in a term limits sort of way.

[GovernmentShrinker]

A change while the economy is on the rocks would be a bad thing, though. It would be different if there were serious concerns about Greenspan's competence, and/or a clearly stronger candidate available, but in the absence of either of those things, a change (or announcement of an expected change) would just spook the markets and the economy all over again.