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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP



 Palin: 'Absurd' 
 Not to Consider 
 a Run in 2012 

Ex-gov also thinks Obama should play the 'war card' to get re-elected

 House Grills Geithner on AIG 

Treasury Secretary defends big bailout as necessary

Fed Duo Sounded Alarm Over AIG 'Gifts' to Banks

Geithner, Paulson face grilling over 'backdoor bailouts' for AIG clients

Interview

Geithner: Bernanke Ouster Would Freak Out the Market

But Treasury Secretary isn't worried about reconfirmation

WH, DODD, GREGG 'VERY CONFIDENT'



 Bernanke Nom 
 Builds Steam 

Geithner, Dodd, Gregg all 'very confident' he'll win second term

Volcker Trumps Geithner
With Tough Bank Rules

Treasury Secretary's influence over Obama fading

OPINION

 'Anarchic' Conan Perfect 
 for Treasury Secretary 

Obama could use O'Brien-like bile to hammer big banks

Geithner Will Testify on Secretive Bailout Deals

House committee wants answers on his role on AIG contracts

 NY Fed Told AIG 
 to Hide Payouts 

Details of 'backdoor bailout' hushed up

MATT TAIBBI

 Obama Sold Us Out 
 to Wall Street 

He pulled a bait-and-switch on America

 Geithner Defends 
 TARP Extension 

Says it would 'irresponsible' not to extend bailout

Geithner  
Extends TARP, 
Just In Case 

Says US must be
ready in case of new financial shocks

 Geithner: Goldman 
 Woulda Failed 
 Sans Bailout 


Execs dreaming if they think they wouldn't have failed

 Obama Summit Tackles Jobs 

Event will coincide with the release of November unemployment stats

NO DIMON IN THIS ROUGH

Bloggers on JPMorgan Chase CEO Replacing Geithner: Nah

Jamie Dimon not in tune with Obama, too invested in big banks

Paul Krugman

 AIG Bailout Squandered Our Money, Trust

Geithner & Co. were afraid to ask Wall Street for concessions

DAVID BROOKS

 Geithner Got It Right 

Treasury secretary's pragmatic approach to financial crisis paid off

Disgruntled Dem Wants Geithner, Summers Sacked

Peter DeFazio says White House betrayed Main St. for Wall St.

Sunday Talk shows


 Geithner: 
 Recovery 
 Could Be 
 'Choppy' 

Tells NBC that financial crisis caused 'a lot of damage'

  Geithner 
 to Bankers: 
 Crackdown 
 Is 'War' 



Treasury secretary tells Wall Street it must accept regulation

Frank, Geithner to Roll Out 'Too Big to Fail' Bill

New rules will impose 'living wills' for banks

'We Ran Into a President With Some Serious Game': Rep.

Obama in great shape at White House hoops

ANALYSIS

Top Wall Street Execs Have Direct Line to Geithner

Treasury chief's calendars show frequent contact with big players

Lawmakers Get Court Date
With Obama

Rep. who walked out on health speech among hoops invitees



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

7
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

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For Me, Palin Scores

64
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

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28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

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Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

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Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

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Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

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Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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