"Summers wasn't the nominee."

[ljm2002]

118. You say, "He was never chosen to be nominated."...

..."It bothers you that someone points that out?"

Well, yes, it does. Why? Because those who point that out, are being disingenuous in the extreme. The statement that "He was not the nominee", while technically true, leaves out the REALITY that he was on the short list and was a very likely nominee, until the bottom dropped out. They are trying to change the subject, and handwave the fact that he WAS on the list, by trying to say that since he did not become the actual nominee, it was all a non-issue to begin with.

If it was a non-issue to begin with, then why, I wonder, did those 4 Democratic members of the Banking Committee say anything about it? Maybe some of our posters here should tell them how ridiculous they are, going on about things that aren't really happening.

You admit Summers was in consideration. You admit he dropped out. Yet you give Obama full credit for the outcome.

Since it was Summers and not Obama who withdrew his name from consideration, I fail to see how you can claim this represents the President being "amenable to listening to his Democratic colleagues". It seems more likely that Obama was pressing ahead, and Summers saw the writing on the wall when there were 4 Democratic defections on the Banking Committee.