OK, Warrrenistas. You've had your little fun.

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57. Hmm. Summers, the Harvard President who claimed females had less aptitude in science and

engineering than males and that, rather than biases like his, were the reason women were underrepresented in universities in those fields. Will the Party that made so much of the "war on women" just ahead of the 2012 Presidential is going to take his word on Warren?

On January 14, 2005, Harvard President Lawrence Summers said that the underrepresentation of female scientists at top universities may be in part due to natural differences between men and women.

Why does this matter? Well, it looks as if Summers, who served in the Obama White House as director of the National Economic Council until the end of 2010, may be the front-runner to succeed Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve Board. That's based off new reporting from The Washington Post's Ezra Klein. A source close to Obama told The New York Times' John Harwood that Summers "should be" the choice to lead the Fed.

Alarms are already beginning to go off. The feminist advocacy group UltraViolet issued a statement Tuesday night saying, "Women will not soon forget if President Obama picks Mr. Summers." Some, including UltraViolet, are particularly peeved because for months the presumed front-runner was a woman, Janet Yellen. David Dayen at Salon has a story up Wednesday morning headlined "Sexist Larry Summers Will Destroy the Economy." That story also reports that the White House is leaning toward Summers. On Twitter, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; called the potential pick "disconcerting."

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/what-potential-fed-front-runner-lawrence-summers-said-about-women-20130724

As we know, Yellen got that slot. Janet Yellen, first female to hold the position. Probably just coincidences.