janet yellen is a really, really strong candidate. so, by the way, is christina romer, who was a very key official during the first obama term. there are a lot of women very qualified. when you make this a boys versus girls fight, you actually detract from the fact that yellen has a very strong case to make, on her own, rather than as a woman as such. so, i think they are making a big error if they want to boost yellen. and dean, on paper, let s just talk about this, the qualifications. they are both qualified. they see the economy in different ways, but yellen, vice chair of the fed board and led the federal reserve bank of san francisco. very well known. summers, former treasury secretary and the president s national economic council director, among other things. why in the world should the new york times bring up her gender? that is to me like saying, oh, okay, and you need to have the woman box checked to help you get it over the guy. i don t think they should talk about gender
predicting where the economy is going to go next. janet yellen is a really, really strong candidate. so, by the way, is christina romer, who was a very key official during the first obama term. there are a lot of women very qualified. when you make this a boys versus girls fight, you actually detract from the fact that yellen has a very strong case to make, on her own, rather than as a woman as such. so, i think they are making a big error if they want to boost yellen. and dean, on paper, let s just talk about this, the qualifications. they are both qualified. they see the economy in different ways, but yellen, vice chair of the fed board and led the federal reserve bank of san francisco. very well known. summers, former treasury secretary and the president s national economic council director, among other things. why in the world should the new york times bring up her gender? that is to me like saying, oh, okay, and you need to have the woman box checked to help you get it over the
by the way, they both are qualified for this job. they get into the whole woman thing, saying, you know, summers had disagreements with other woman, including christina roamer and elizabeth warren. just because you disagree with a woman, that s disqualifies you? yeah, i think the times is making a big mistake. if they want to advocate for janet yellen, focus on her incredibly impressive record. janet yellen is a really, really strong candidate. so, by the way, is christina romer, who was a very key official during the first obama term. there are a lot of women very qualified. when you make this a boys versus girls fight, you actually detract from the fact that yellen has a very strong case to make, on her own, rather than as a woman as such. so, i think they are making a big error if they want to boost yellen. and dean, on paper, let s just talk about this, the qualifications. they are both qualified. they see the economy in different ways, but yellen, vice chair of the fed board a