why oh why doesn't Obama hire Robert Reich?????

[northernlights]

Seriously (and I know I'm not alone in this) I :loveya: me some Robert Reich.

He was on Stephanopolus this morning, and said very simply and clearly that Obama needs to:

1. put the big failing banks and AIG into temporary receivership, and sell them off
2. do it pronto

And then he offered a tablespoon of hope:

3. Obama's team is looking into how to do this very thing
4. they just need to move faster if possible, which they can't because they still haven't found anyone who has the ability and who isn't a corrupt tax cheat
5. Geithner (according to Reich) is doing a herculean job of holding things together right now while they do #3 and #4 in order to do #1.
6. He just sucks at explaining things to the public, therefore Obama needs to be doing the sales pitch on this.

[rox63]

1. I Heart Robert Reich also

I voted for him when he ran for MA governor several years back. Unfortunately, he didn't win the primary, and he has moved on to Berkeley, CA since then. :(