So who's it gonna be

Glenn Hubbard

Martin Feldstein

Ben Bernanke


Greenspan is going senile

10/24/2005 11:48:45 AM

What is Bush's accountant's name?

10/24/2005 11:54:00 AM

It might be the White House maid.

10/24/2005 11:58:39 AM

haha^^ i really fucken hope not....

[Edited on October 24, 2005 at 11:59 AM. Reason : ^^]

10/24/2005 11:58:45 AM

This worries me, particulary because I doubt whether he will appoint someone who will be critical of any part of his economic policy.

10/24/2005 12:05:25 PM

Quote :

" WSJ: President Bush to name Ben Bernanke, the current chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve... Developing..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke

[Edited on October 24, 2005 at 12:20 PM. Reason : ...]

10/24/2005 12:18:43 PM

well thats a relief, he is a pretty solid choice

10/24/2005 12:21:56 PM

Quote :

"On October 24, 2005, President Bush is expected to nominate Bernanke to replace Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Greenspan will retire on January 31, 2006. His nickname is "Helicopter Drop". "

wth???

10/24/2005 12:42:17 PM

Quote :

"He referenced the possibility of a "helicoptor drop" of dollar bills as a last-resort possibility to stop deflation; his strong stance against deflation may have been a reason for his nomination."

What Wikipedia says at least.

10/24/2005 1:25:12 PM

and the winner is:


Bernanke

10/24/2005 1:42:12 PM

He has a good textbook.

10/24/2005 1:47:00 PM

well the pres. made the guy sound pretty well qualified even though i'd never heard of him before.

now if bush could just get that subject-verb agreement thing down...

10/24/2005 2:42:41 PM

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"well the pres. made the guy sound pretty well qualified even though i'd never heard of him before."

It's not hard. The guy is actually a sound, quality candidate with strong support from both sides of the aisle. Kinda like the Roberts nomination; you may hate the man because Bush nominated him, but there's just no way to attack him because he's probably one of the most qualified candidates for the position.

Thus, Bush's enemies will probably be forced to hold back on this guy and vent their pent up frustrations by beating on Meiers some more.

10/24/2005 5:34:44 PM