This is Spinal Tap(s)
Treasury nominees are getting to be like drummers in Spinal Tap. If they’re not choking on (someone else’s) vomit, they’re spontaneously combusting.
The Barack Obama administration had yet another high-level appointment crash and burn today, again at Treasury, the third one in a week. After losing Annette Nazareth to potential criticism of her regulation efforts at the SEC and Caroline Atkinson to more tax problems, H. Rodgin Cohen has now departed as the designee for Deputy Treasury Secretary. George Stephanopolous reports:
Democratic sources say that H. Rodgin Cohen, a partner in the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and the leading candidate for Deputy Treasury Secretary, has withdrawn from consideration.
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It’s actually getting worse; they’re dropping out before Obama has a chance to formalize the nominations. That brings Treasury up to the grand total of one official appointment for its 18 senior, Senate-confirmation required positions.
If this is Obama’s idea of limited government, I wish he’d just hire the 18 hacks, and chill out on the spending spree.
I hope Treasury nominees are updating their wills and being especially careful when crossing streets.