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I think it's worth remembering Paulson was appointed fairly late in the administration after Bush's ratings were through the floor. He is a former CEO of Goldman, and looks like a non-controversial technocrat appointment ala John Roberts on the Supreme Court, rather than the partisan specials we have become more familiar with at the Bush court. None of this is policy he set.

And now gets to be the best paid janitor in the Whitehouse, cleaning up the credit mess. He's not doing too bad. I'm a bit more critical of Bernanke because I think loose money exacerbated this whole crisis.