IT'S NOT LIKE HE HAD ANY CHOICE...:

Obama to Reappoint Bernanke as Fed Chief: Signs of Economic Recovery Cited by President's Chief of Staff; Central Banker's Renomination Requires Senate Confirmation (JON HILSENRATH, DAVID WESSEL and SUDEEP REDDY, 7/24/09, WSJ)

President Barack Obama will announce the nomination of Ben Bernanke to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman on Tuesday, opting for continuity in U.S. economic policy despite criticism in Congress of the low-key central banker's frantic efforts to rescue the financial system.

...but it's still amusing to watch him follow W.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 25, 2009 6:31 AM