high on the list, i would say perhaps her, and the political environment, when she was at xerox, she laid off 30,000 people, nevertheless, i would suspect that maybe she s at the top of the list right now. other than that, you know, laura tyson s name has been thrown out there, but i would rather see someone with more rite leaning economic theory, someone who has actually been in business to go and be a voice of reason for the administration. jenna: peter, someone like meg whitman, perhaps? that s someone who our voters have chosen, they choose meg whitman. what do you bank that opportunity or that possibility? i don t think it s a great idea to have someone from industry. we wouldn t want an industrial manager, a surgeon general. the person who does this job briefs the president daily on the pulse of the economy. we need someone with economics training to do that. that doesn t need to need to be the lead policymaker. if we had allen blinden from princeton, that would be
good but there is a gender shhh. also allen blinden would be more acceptable to the northeast establishment that likes very sound theoretical economists. they are suspicious of phds that have an industry bent. but in that regard, the strongest person is laura tyson, she s well regarded in the economics profession, she has a strong interest in industry. the other two women are outsources. that s plain and simple, and they will aggravate people who are already very critical of the president s policy in domestically focused business, people like u.s. steel and so forth, the folks that have to compete with chinese imports. if he goes with mulcahy or diana ferrell, he simply won t have credibility with standing up to china in the eyes of those constituencies. jenna: jeffrey, with laura tyson, what with you tell us about the her? laura tyson would be excellent. it used to be said you don t take the same job you had 15