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In reply to the discussion: Bad nominee withdraws. Obvious defeat for everyone who thought he was a bad nominee. [View all]markpkessinger
(8,395 posts). . .. What folks said was that he was the front-runner among those under consideration to be nominated by President Obama. And that has been pretty well confirmed. And the left NOT made a lot of noise about it, he wouldn't have withdrawn his name, and the President likely would have nominated him.
Here's what you don't get about this issue: the anger was that President Obama would ever, under any circumstances, even consider Larry Summers for the job. The fact that the President was seriously considering him represents, as far as many of us are concerned, a serious disconnect on the President's part. The fact that Summerz has withdrawn is a great relief; that does not, however, say a whole lot about the President's judgment on this issue in the first place.