Larry Summers Caused Dissension?
Posted on September 16th, 2011 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
And deep dissatisfaction?
Impossible.
The New York Times reports on a new book by former WSJ reporter Ron Susskind—the guy has good sources—reporting on the infighting among President Obama’s economic team—a good chunk of which seems to have been caused by, focused on or otherwise involved Larry Summers.
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The book, by Ron Suskind…quotes White House documents that say Mr. Obama’s decisions were routinely “re-litigated” by the chairman of the National Economic Council, Lawrence H. Summers.
…Mr. Suskind quotes from two memos for the president in which Pete Rouse, a senior White House aide, wrote, “There is deep dissatisfaction within the economic team with what is perceived as Larry’s imperious and heavy-handed direction of the economic policy process.”
Mr. Summers, who has returned to a teaching position at Harvard, did not comment.
To be fair, we (meaning, “I”) have not read the book. But we (I) will!
2 Responses
9/16/2011 10:56 pm
My first - oh too early - Obama disillusionment was when he picked Summers even after being warned. Inexcusably bad judgement right off the bat. As pointless as I knew it was, I still sent a letter to the White House saying NO! You don’t want this guy! He’s an ass and a bully. It doesn’t matter if he’s smart. Don’t do it. You’ll regret it. Sigh.
9/18/2011 2:49 pm
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/09/obamas_economic_quagmire_frank.html
Can’t wait to read the book when it comes out on Tuesday.