Minor corrections to Marc Malone @82.
GWB obtained his MBA at Harvard. You could look that up.
Henry Paulson is a Republican.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paulson
http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Henry_Paulson.php
So is Ben Bernanke.
http://select.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/opinion/28krugman.html?_r=1&hp
http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/18/bernanke-fed-politics-cx_hl_0118bernanke.html
So much for your “in-house Dems” sabotaging things argument. Oops.
You think GWB’s problem was in not convening councils of economic experts? I have to wonder where you were for the past couple of years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12econ.html
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1177.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/business/economy/23bush.html
