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In reply to the discussion: Bad nominee withdraws. Obvious defeat for everyone who thought he was a bad nominee. [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)and I do as well, so of course I have no problem with your opinion.
However, one thing that ought to be highlighted rather than be erased to the point of being illegible is that the pair Bernanke/Summers have been central to Dem Pres Obama's admin for the first 5 yrs, and that Pres. Obama took time out to *publicly* accept Summers' face saving move, in the most glowing terms, after Summers *publicly* declared that he wouldn't contend for the spot. After months of speculation - the post being so important. When one engages their reasoning with *that* factor, as well as all others, response has to be *premised* on the fact that Summers wasn't just any old "contender".
If you, too, think Summers would've been wrong for the job, then you, too, should be happy that the push-back became enough of a movement so the unthinkable didn't happen - in spite of some very heavy duty warning signs.