11.05.2008

Urban Survival: Changing Presidents vs Changing Paradigms

The cabinet picks will give us a very good idea of where this thing's going. The Treasury job, in particular, will be fraught with meaning. - Ed.

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From a 'paradigm' perspective, really little is likely to change until we start to see how the Obamanation takes shape. Summers and Emanuel are considered by some to be top picks for chief of staff and Treasury Secretary. But nothing is in the bag: A couple of New Jersey democorps are saying former Goldman exec turned governor John Corzine is being considered for Treasury Secretary. Seems to me that here lately, the major qualification for that post has been having a stint at Goldman Sachs on the résumé.

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