Goolsbee gets top WH economy job because …
posted at 1:36 pm on September 10, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Well, this comes as no real surprise. After all, these are the same reasons that Americans elected Barack Obama to the White House. Politico reports on how Austan Goolsbee got the nod to succeed Christina Romer as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers:
President Barack Obama will announce Austan Goolsbee as the new chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers at an East Room news conference Friday, providing continuity in the face of a political storm.
Goolsbee, 41, will succeed Christina Romer. A senior administration official said Goolsbee is a team player who can navigate the White House, and is a skilled television interviewee who can help the president promote his economic message.
“He’s young and energetic, and good on TV,” the official said.
Ah, yes, just the qualifications that America needs in an economic policy leader. Goodness knows that Alan Greenspan looks too old and cranky to get economic policy correct. People with actual executive experience in the private sector usually don’t have the kind of bounce necessary to do stand-up comedy, a real necessity with this administration’s performance on job creation thus far.
So what does Goolsbee bring to the table, besides his sunny personality and wit? His entire professional life has been spent either in academia or the public sector, which to be fair is not terribly unusual for an economist. However, given the abject failure of the CEA’s Porkulus projections on job creation and the massive amounts of cash which have already been spent, this kind of “continuity in the face of a political storm” looks a lot like an insular attitude on the part of Barack Obama Clearly, he does not want to hear any heterodox principles but wants to continue with his Chip Diller argument that “all is well,” with a fresh face to fill the Kevin Bacon role.
Voters are demanding a fresh direction in economic policy, federal spending, and government arrogation of power. Obama will give us a double down on the failed policies by rewarding one of the team that blew it with Porkulus. Hope and Change!
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Sweet. How sweet it is.
Finally, Obama’s chikkinzzz are coming home to roost.
petefrt on May 19, 2013 at 8:22 PM
This.
When you have to plead incompetence to defend against charges of malfeasance, you know you might be in trouble.
petefrt on May 19, 2013 at 8:36 PM
ear relevant…
driguana on May 19, 2013 at 8:59 PM
Flush this lying tudd down the drain with the rest of the Obamacrap.
kemojr on May 19, 2013 at 9:34 PM
This was Dan Pfeiffer’s week in the barrel, like Susan Rice he was given the White House talking points and sent on a mission. He really needs to get copies of these tapes and watch them and see how foolish and unbelievable he looked and sounded. The White House is losing the little credibility it still had by sending these shills out every week trying to do damage control. Community organizers make poor leaders.
savage24 on May 19, 2013 at 9:42 PM
Pfeiffer’s statement that the law is irrelevant because the IRS conduct was “outrageous” and “inexcusable”, tells us all we need to know about this administration.
However, the follow-up should have been, “On what standard do you judge their conduct to be outrageous and inexcusable since the law is apparently not an appropriate standard?” (At least in Pfeiffer’s mind.)
What this comes down to is this: “if the Administrative deems something “outrageous” and “inexcusable,” then it is declared such. As we have seen in so many other areas, if the Administrative deems something to not be “outrageous” and “inexcusable,” then it is declared such.
In their mind, the law is – in fact – irrelevant. That’s what makes this situation so dangerous.
It’s not socialism. It’s worse.
EdmundBurke247 on May 19, 2013 at 10:36 PM
Irrelevant = “What Difference Does It Make?”
jaydee_007 on May 19, 2013 at 10:41 PM
A fitting capstone to Ed’s story about loss-prevention (aka employee theft) and management’s “permission structure” in this post.
(Not to mention the jaw-dropping statements of Eleanor Clift in this one.)
AesopFan on May 19, 2013 at 11:40 PM
I enjoy popcorn and hope it is a long week.
Drill and Fill on May 20, 2013 at 12:41 AM
Hey give Barky a break. He had to get his sorry ass out to Vegas.
tbear44 on May 20, 2013 at 4:49 AM
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