[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.

[patent]

>>>>would just spook the markets and the economy all over again.

Yeah, but now that the war is over CNBC needs a new excuse for the markets tanking, should that happen again. A greenspan resignation would provide a good soundbite, saving all those poor talking heads from thinking.

Please, do it for the talking heads (children?). ;-)