Robert Scheer on Why Obama Shouldn’t Pick Lawrence Summers

Robert Scheer on Why Obama Shouldn’t Pick Lawrence Summers

Robert Scheer on Why Obama Shouldn’t Pick Lawrence Summers

Robert Scheer explains why Lawrence Summers would be a bad choice as Treasury Secretary for President-Elect Obama.

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Barack Obama is rumored to favor Lawrence Summers as his treasury
secretary. That’s a terrible choice, says Robert Scheer, if the
president-elect is at all concerned about the financial meltdown. Listen
to his thoughts on Summers here.

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