Malkiel

Henry Paulson Begins to Trash His Own Reputation

Everyone knows by now that all cabinet-level appointees in the Bush administration are bullied into submission by Bush and Cheney when they decide to launch some policy. Paulson snapped to recently because someone in the background, usually Cheney, made it clear that that's what he was to do. The Bushies have destroyed the careers of a whole generation of Republicans, including Powell and Rice, by treating them as neocon clerical workers. Paulson will at least have a lucrative career to return to after his reputation is broken...