McCain's Surprise Pick for SEC Chief: Andrew Cuomo

[whottt]

He's gonna make a brand new start of it - in old Neeeeeeeeeeeeeew Yooooooooooork!



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McCain's Surprise Pick for SEC Chief: Andrew Cuomo
by Russell Berman
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 at 7:58 PM

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Senator McCain dropped a surprising name tonight when he was asked who he would want to replace Christopher Cox as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission: Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic attorney general of New York.

"I think he is somebody who could restore some credibility, lend some bipartisanship, to this effort," Mr. McCain said, adding that he admired Mr. Cuomo's work in New York. He said that Mr. Cuomo had "respect" and "prestige," praising his tenure as secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration.

The Republican presidential nominee said last week he would have fired Mr. Cox for betraying the public trust in providing what he characterized as shoddy regulatory oversight of the financial markets. He acknowledged last night that the president technically does not have the authority to fire the SEC chief, but he said that if he wanted a government official to resign, "they would resign."

Mr. Cuomo became state attorney general in 2007, taking over for the now-disgraced Eliot Spitzer. He is the son of Mario Cuomo, who served three terms as governor of New York.






McCain...he's dumb like Einstein.

[Tully365]

We're getting diverse now, aren't we, when a republican presidential candidate who supports GW Bush tries to fix the economy by hiring a star of Clinton's administration? If Obama responds by saying he'll name Bill the Economy Czar, then we'll really be on the right path.

[whottt]

It's funny that people think Bush and McCain like each other. They don't. McCain almost jumped to the Democratic Party 2 years ago. Bush smeared McCain in 2000. They fought over Iraq. They fought over the surge...these two guys have almost nothing in common other than they are both Republicans. McCain had virtually no support from Republicans(or anyone else) prior to the Palin nomination...why do you think that is?

[whottt]

Besides...this won't hurt McCain's cause in New York....at all.

[Tully365]

It's funny that people think Bush and McCain like each other. They don't. McCain almost jumped to the Democratic Party 2 years ago. Bush smeared McCain in 2000. They fought over Iraq. They fought over the surge...these two guys have almost nothing in common other than they are both Republicans. McCain had virtually no support from Republicans(or anyone else) prior to the Palin nomination...why do you think that is?

Because behind the scenes, McCain is an extremely hot-tempered person who has trouble getting along with people. When he ran in 2000, almost all of his fellow republican congressmen-- people he'd work with for years-- supported Bush.

[Tully365]

So is this McCain's way of saying Bush's economic policies are flawed?

[whottt]

Because behind the scenes, McCain is an extremely hot-tempered person who has trouble getting along with people. When he ran in 2000, almost all of his fellow republican congressmen-- people he'd work with for years-- supported Bush.

I don't know what to say to that...Bush is pretty much a my way or the highway type guy, I hope you aren't attempting to gloss him as something different.

[whottt]

So is this McCain's way of saying Bush's economic policies are flawed?



It's more like his way of saying...See, I'm a moderate and, hey NY, how ya doin?


Cox can't be fired so...

[whottt]

Make no mistake about it...his mention of Cuomo is going to piss some Republicans off...but now he's got Palin to hold them to the ticket.

[Tully365]

No-- I'm not trying to gloss Bush at all.

Honestly, I think Cuomo is a good choice, but I still can't separate the country's money troubles from the 500+ billion dollar war which in my opinion is 1)unjustified and immoral and 2)extremely damaging to our financial stability... and McCain to me is still just a bit too enthused about Iraq, and not terribly prudent about Iran either. If we keep spending this kind of money on wars, I just don't see how any amount of financial planning is going to fix things.

[Shastafarian]

It's funny that people think Bush and McCain like each other. They don't. McCain almost jumped to the Democratic Party 2 years ago. Bush smeared McCain in 2000. They fought over Iraq. They fought over the surge...these two guys have almost nothing in common other than they are both Republicans. McCain had virtually no support from Republicans(or anyone else) prior to the Palin nomination...why do you think that is?

http://chaosdigest.com/files/images/bush-mccain-hug-72.jpg

http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/BushMcCainArms.jpg

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/McCain-Bush%20photo.jpg

So to sum up, McCain has indeed voted to support the unpopular Bush 95 percent of the time most recently, but less so in earlier years.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Because behind the scenes, McCain is an extremely hot-tempered person who has trouble getting along with people. When he ran in 2000, almost all of his fellow republican congressmen-- people he'd work with for years-- supported Bush.

Newsflash: anyone at that level of politics is a type A personality. Even your boy Obama.

[Tully365]

Newsflash: anyone at that level of politics is a type A personality. Even your boy Obama.

Yes, but as in every aspect of life, there are degrees. Clinton, Dole, Reagan, Bill Bradley, Sam Nunn, etc., etc. didn't alienate their own allies as McCain did in congress.