If you stop to think about it, there was a point in mid-March where the American people were rapidly losing faith in Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, spurred by the AIG Hate Week and the deeper sense that revolution was fomenting and enough was enough. And then, Geithner stopped making so many blatant, stupid mistakes, as if someone else’s hand was guiding a man who himself was probably wondering if he was capable of holding such an important position at such a vital juncture.
Per the Wall Street Journal it appears Geithner does have a handler, White House Chief of Staff and voluntary IDF alum Rahm Emanuel, who, in his usual unsubtle but behind-the-scenes style, has been vigorously yanking back Captain Forehead’s chain when he’s at his worst, like in March and in January before that. The unofficial Treasury Department motto with anyone who isn’t supposed to be in charge is “Rahm wants it”; and what Rahm wants, like Lola before him, he gets. It’s unfortunate there’s only one Rahm Emanuel to go around. What happens if there’s another crisis of leadership in the DoJ or DHS? Is Rahm an hot-tempered Jewish Supernanny?
