Summers -- This is not going to help with my sister the PUMA

[abumbyanyothername]

She did vote Obama, grudgingly . . . part of my effort to turn Omaha blue.

http://laborrightsblog.typepad.com/international_labor_right/2008/11/who-is-larry-summers.html#more

While I am more concerned about free trade, and consequent "lowest common denominator labor" policies, my sister will no doubt point this out to me:

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Summers also came under fire when he was at Harvard for claiming that innate differences between men and women caused fewer women to succeed in carreers in math and science and questioned the role that discrimination plays in this problem. Among other controversies during his time at Harvard, this episode eventually led Summers to step down from his position at Harvard. Women's groups are already expressing their concerns about Summers.

In the 2008 election, voters in the U.S. showed how much they want serious changes in our economic and foreign policy. Global Trade Watch just put out a new report showing that voters overwhelmingly made fair trade principles a major factor in the election. Does Larry Summers represent the change that voters were looking for? Will low-wage workers in the U.S. and around the world benefit from policies promoted by Summers? You can share your own thoughts on this issue through President-Elect Obama's new government website: Change.gov. Let us know what you think in the comments section, too.

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[S_E_Fudd]

1. "Does Larry Summers represent the change that voters were looking for?" - Yes

Considering what we have been through the last 8 years I would say competence would be a change people are looking for...