Jezebel: Tim Geithner

Hillary Is Jealous Of Geithner's Hair

Irin Carmon — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:20:00 EDT

The bygone obsession with Hillary Clinton's hair (click to enlarge) could be reignited: She recently recalled complimenting Tim Geithner on his hair. "It's maddening. It takes me so much longer, and it doesn't even look as good." Disagree. [NYM] More »

Tim Geithner Is Theoretically In Favor Of Women Running Wall Street

Irin Carmon — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:40:00 EDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner apparently also read this piece asking, what if women ran Wall Street? He says, "It's an excellent question. But kind of a low bar. How, you might ask, could women not have done better?" [Reuters, Earlier] More »

Tim Geithner: Is There Any "There" There?

Megan Carpentier — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:00:00 EST

While the Sunday shows rage around us, Moe and I call for Geithner's head, Larry Summers' ass, parse the Brangelina break-up reports and Joan Allen's necklace-of-horror, and, finally, debate which, if any, Republicans we'd allow to examine our vaginas. More »

What It Really Means When The Media Decides An Obama Official Is "Sexy"

Moe — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:38:18 EST

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So Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe is getting a job in the White House. Does this mean you might be getting the Administration you voted for, finally? More »

Hillary Clinton Is Kicking Ass, Taking Names

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

While Sarah Palin's busy taking potshots at Hollywood actresses, Hillary Clinton is remaking American foreign policy, starting with Iran and China. And the Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman and I are all over it. More »

Dick Cheney Sez: "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Dick Cheney thinks: The Gays should be happy with whatever states choose not to discriminate against them; Americans should be glad George Tenet didn't have worse intel about the link between Saddam and Osama; and the Guantanamo detainees should be happy we didn't summarily execute them. [Time, CNN, MSNBC]

A Frabjous Day's Trading For The Fabulous; Will Bill Blass Return To The Runway This September?

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Geithner's proposed new regulatory framework buoyed retail stocks by 4.4% yesterday. Saks' shares rose 15%, Ann Taylor was up 18%, Macy's climbed 10.2%, and Liz Claiborne rose 16.2%. Finally, some good fashion economic news! [WWD]

Obama's Rubber And Cheney's Glue

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Barack Obama responded to Dick Cheney's criticism that Obama would cause the next terrorist attack by saying that, in fact, it was going to be Cheney's fault. [Politico]

It's Probably Not Obama's Bowling Skills That Need Sharpening

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Barack Obama on Leno last night claimed to bowl like a Special Olympian. I once bowled a zero (true story). Special Olympians bowl better than I do, and I know it. Obama should, too. [Politico]

Scapegoating While Wall Street Burns Is Better Than Fiddling

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Everyone's still wondering who is to blame for nobody knowing everyone at AIG was about to get big fat ~~bonus~~ retention payments this week. Today's culprit? The Fed, which Geithner once ran. [Washington Post]

Rachel Maddow Explains Why We Are All Screwed

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:40:00 EDT

Rachel Maddow appeared on David Letterman's show last night and, when asked to explain what exactly is fucked up about our economy, the housing crisis, and the AIG bonuses, did so in under 5 minutes. More »

Gupta Is Officially Out, Kennedy Is Officially Old, & The GOP Is Officially Irrelevant

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Sanjay Gupta won't be joining the increasingly attractive Obama Administration, but Obama was chilling with Ted Kennedy at the Kennedy Center while the GOP continued to implode. More »

Hillary Isn't Taking A Holiday So Why Should We?

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:00:00 EST

Hillary's off to Asia, Geithner is staying put, Obama went to Chicago, Stevie's coming to DC, Roland Burris is in Hell and David Axelrod is all over the map. It's been quite the holiday weekend! More »

Sarah Palin Arrives, Aretha's Hat Might Be Staying

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:00:00 EST

It was a weekend of comings (Sarah Palin), goings (House Republicans), stayings (Aretha's hat) and general tomfoolery as the country watched the Super Bowl and the Senate checked out Tom Daschle's unpaid taxes. More »

Paterson To Appoint Gillibrand; Obamas Are Fisting Enthusiasts

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:00:00 EST

New York Governor David Paterson is about to appoint Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, the right is obsessed with fisting and there's new evidence that racism isn't confined to the South. More »

Geithner Stumbles, Hillary Sails & Sharpton Gets Sweet On Marriage Equality

Megan Carpentier — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:00:00 EST

While Hillary Clinton's winning popularity contests (and Al Sharpton is trying his darndest to do the same), Treasury nominee Tim Geithner is hoping not to lose his nomination and the Bushies are protecting their legacies. More »

Sarah Palin's Wardrobe, The Universe Completely Crazy

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST

The end of the week is a time to sit and digest the insanity that the week has spawned. More news on Sarah Palin's style? Check. Canadian Parliamentary crisis? Check. A Supreme Court case on Barack Obama's birth certificate? Yup, got that, too. Between all of that, plus calls for Robert Mugabe to resign, Tim Geithner to pull his head out of his (possibly sexist) ass, and Andrew Cuomo not caring about black people, it's damn lucky that I have Racialicious' Latoya Peterson along on this ride to Crazytown (not nearly as awesome as Funkytown, by the way). More »

More Transitions: Everyone From Obama To Alan Colmes To Citibank Is Changing

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:30:00 EST

Barack Obama made it official with Tim Geithner today, announcing that he will nominate Geither to the Treasury Department. Former Treasury Secretary Larry "Math Is Hard For Girls" Summers is headed to the top of the White House Economic Council and Berkeley economics professor Christina Romer will head the Council of Economic Advisers. Betcha she does math pretty well. [NY Times]
Former Joe Biden aide Ted Kaufman has been appointed to fill Biden's Senate seat for two years, at which point everyone in the state assumes he'll quietly step down and let the currently-deployed Beau Biden run for it. [Associated Press]
Susan Rice, who most people thought was about to get dicked over when it leaked that Jim Jones will head the National Security Council, is actually in the running to be our Ambassador to the U.N. [Washington Independent]
Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack swears he's not in the running to be Secretary of Agriculture. [Washington Post]