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36. Roger Ferguson deserved the Chairmanship after Greenspan slithered away

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 10:28 PM

Sep 2013

Ferguson knew the insiders and outsiders, he believed in regulation, he believed. . .Oh yea, there was that issue of skin color. . .

I say go with Ferguson (if he'd come back -- BIG IF. . .)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_W._Ferguson,_Jr.

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make it so. nt antigop Sep 2013 #1

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2014 GE only 14 months away. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #27

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K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2013 #14

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I stand corrected. However, actually I made the common mistake rhett o rick Sep 2013 #45

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Hey that's my Senator Merkley again! neverforget Sep 2013 #24

Isnt it nice? quakerboy Sep 2013 #41

Nominating Summers for Fed Chair would be, (quoting Rahm Emanuel, here) MsPithy Sep 2013 #25

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I've always loved that Graphic... Sadly...We Dems haven't got that "SPINE" KoKo Sep 2013 #29

Thanks...but, it's going to take more than Three Senate Democrats KoKo Sep 2013 #28

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Well there's an idea. n/t DirkGently Sep 2013 #32

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Damn. If Elizabeth Warren votes no, I'm fully against him too. Kablooie Sep 2013 #35

Roger Ferguson deserved the Chairmanship after Greenspan slithered away Paula Sims Sep 2013 #36

Good to see liberal Senate Dems standing up to an aloof, out-of-touch Executive Branch villager Sep 2013 #37

Please contact your Senator and block this POS from getting confirmed otis252 Sep 2013 #38

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I sure hope that can derail that nomination! nt tblue37 Sep 2013 #40

Sure they will. I'll believe it when I see it. nt silvershadow Sep 2013 #43

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