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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]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)issue being talked about by actual elected Democrats for months now. Many of us here have voiced our opinions about Summers to those officials weeks ago. Summers had his boosters and his opponents and the opponents won the day. This has been going on. I see today that many here seem to have been utterly unaware of this, and thus probably missed their very lengthy window for boosting Summers to their Congressional delegation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/usa-fed-summers-idUSL1N0FV0T820130726
That article is from July. The 'BOG type DU poster' is very behind on actual political events and timing and only hears about them in the last public moment. They volunteer to bark on cue after the decisions are already made. They leap up for Summers after he was already rejected by the Senate, for all intents and purposes. Like so many other times for Larry, the math was just not there for him.