Reply #6: President's make mistakes, even JFK did. His treasury secretary was a republican and he also

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appointed to high level positions people like Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara & McGeorge Bundy, the so-called "Best and Brightest" (from the name of the William Manchester book) who all advised Presidents Kennedy and Johnson to escalate the U.S. committment in Vietnam. Carter appointed a good friend, Bert Lance, budget director, and he had to resign under an ethics cloud (due to banking irregularities) within months of taking office. Clinton had a few doozies too. Not too many folks wanted to be Treasury Sec and I'm still willing to see if Geitner is a fall guy, a bad choice, or will be vindicated in the end.