[psjones]

Foxnews had reported that Steven Friedman ( if I remember correctly) was to replace Lindsey and that the new treasury secretary would also be a business executive.

[deport]

New Bush Team Won't End Turmoil at Treasury; more Treasury officials prepare to leave...

Former Goldman Sachs chairman Stephen Friedman is poised to take Lindsey's job, sources said. Friedman won praise from Jon Corzine, a Democratic senator for New Jersey and himself a former chief of Goldman Sachs, who said: "I think Steve Friedman's a very capable man. He is intellectually disciplined about how he approaches problems."

There was speculation that Don Evans, the president's friend and the current Commerce Secretary, could be picked for the Treasury's top job. He has indicated he wants it, according to Republican sources.

The shopping list includes other names such as Gerald Parsky, a California financier and lawyer; former Rep. Bill Archer of Texas, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and discount brokerage founder Charles Schwab, among others. [end snip]

[Uncle George]

THANK GOD we have a President that will let the heads roll if it will help secure the United States. Compared to the trash we had for 8 years!!!!!!!!!!

[KQQL]

You forgot to post your thread with the Siren ..what gives??/

[EternalVigilance]

My choice is Bill Archer, cause he's been a leader for years in educating folks about why we should junk the current tax system...but sheesh...NOT Parsky, PLEASE!

[exit82]

Evans is a good choice for SecTreas. But why does Goldman Sachs have to have a lock in the gov't--i.e. Lindsay's replacement? They always seem to have a former chairman, exec., etc. highly placed in the money tree.

I wish the President could look elsewhere--GS gave us Jon Corzine as a NJ Senator--- and they have had other highly placed Treas. official and Fed Reserve officials.

[woofie]

Drudge says its Developing , Never heard of him

[Revolting cat!]

This Don Evans?

[Recovering_Democrat]

DRUDGE SIREN must mean it is Sunday night and his radio show is on. :)

[Revolting cat!]

This Steve Friedman?

[jackbill]

Seems like the world desparately wants a bull shit artist like Robert Rubin at Treasury.

Question: Who in the hell couldn't talk up a booming "bubble" economy and stock market?

[Revolting cat!]

Or this Steve Friedman?

[Demidog]

Let's hope their not former Enron execs.

[woofie]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28400-2002Dec8.html



Bush Picks CSX Corp. Chief for Treasury



John W. Snow

Title: Chairman, president and chief executive, CSX Corp., Richmond.

Born: Aug. 2, 1939, in Toledo.

Education: Bachelor's degree, Kenyon College and University of Toledo, 1962; doctorate in economics, University of Virginia, 1965; law degree, George Washington University Law School, 1967.

Career: Assistant professor of economics, University of Maryland, 1965-67; Wheeler & Wheeler law firm, Washington, D.C., 1967-72; assistant general counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1972-73; adjunct professor of law, George Washington University Law School, 1972-75; deputy assistant secretary for policy, plans and international affairs, DOT, 1973-74; assistant secretary for governmental affairs, DOT, 1974-75; deputy undersecretary, DOT, 1975-76; administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1976-77; visiting professor of economics, University of Virginia, 1977; visiting fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1977; vice president for governmental affairs, Chessie System Inc., 1977-80; senior vice president for corporate services, CSX Corp., 1980-84; executive vice president, CSX Corp., 1984-85; president and chief executive, Chessie System Railroads, 1985-86; president and chief executive, CSX Rail Transport, 1986-87; president and chief executive, CSX Transportation, 1987-88; president and chief operating officer, CSX Corp., 1988-89; president and chief executive, CSX Corp., 1989-91; chairman, president and chief executive, CSX Corp., 1991 to present.






By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 9, 2002; Page A01


President Bush has chosen CSX Corp. Chairman John W. Snow as the new treasury secretary, administration sources said yesterday.

Snow, who was a Transportation Department official in the Ford administration, has accepted the job and will be nominated as long as nothing disqualifying turns up in the final stages of the White House's legal and financial review, the sources said.

[Rockitz]

Actually, I believe Bush is making a huge mistake in implying that the president actually has that much influence on the economy. The economy runs in cycles that have very little to do with who is in the office of the president. The massive debt that has been amassed by the citizens of this country is going to come due with devastating consequences and the president, federal reserve, etc. have little hope of circumventing the coming crash. Can you say Hoover?

[jdontom]

The Bill Clintoon Siren.

[Salvation]

Wash Post link

By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 9, 2002; Page A01

President Bush has chosen CSX Corp. Chairman John W. Snow as the new treasury secretary, administration sources said yesterday.

Snow, who was a Transportation Department official in the Ford administration, has accepted the job and will be nominated as long as nothing disqualifying turns up in the final stages of the White House's legal and financial review, the sources said.

Snow is chairman, president and chief executive of CSX, a freight and transportation conglomerate that is based in Richmond and operates the largest rail freight network in the eastern United States.

Snow is to replace Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, who was fired by Bush last Friday along with chief economic adviser Lawrence B. Lindsey. The administration is attempting an urgent midterm correction to boost the flagging economy as the 2004 campaign season begins.......Snip.......

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

LOL!!! A SIREN has SOUND DRUDGE flashes a LIGHT but we always call it a siren LOL!!!