Lew confirmed as Treasury Secretary

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Just breaking
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/senate-confirms-lew-as-treasury-secretary/2013/02/27/92db3366-80f7-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html?hpid=z1

[Likely Voter]

coming to money near you...

[fezzyfestoon]

The world is a better place without Timothy Geithner in charge of anything in the government.

[Paul Kemp]

The world is a better place without Timothy Geithner in charge of anything in the government.

I'm not sure Lew will be much of an upgrade.

[fezzyfestoon]

The world is a better place without Timothy Geithner in charge of anything in the government.

I'm not sure Lew will be much of an upgrade.

Hey, let's take what we can get.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The world is a better place without Timothy Geithner in charge of anything in the government.

I'm not sure Lew will be much of an upgrade.

Hey, let's take what we can get.

I'm not certain having a muppet as treasury secretary is an upgrade.

[badgate]

If we're going to nominate a Muppet, shouldn't it be the count?



Anybody know when the Commerce secretary will be announced, or who is the front runner?

[Benj]

It's appalling that 26 Republicans voted against this nomination, too. Apparently we're now in an era where no Obama appointee could ever get majority support from the Republican caucus.

[Vosem]

It's appalling that 26 Republicans voted against this nomination, too. Apparently we're now in an era where no Obama appointee could ever get majority support from the Republican caucus.

Kerry did...

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

If we're going to nominate a Muppet, shouldn't it be the count?

It takes him too long to get to a trillion.