I heard something similar from Bill Niskanen -- his impression was that the Fed was doing all it could to help Clinton. This was a couple of years ago.
It makes sense in that CLinton/Gore are more credible guarantors of budget surpluses than Short Count George.
mbs
>P.S. I suppose you did see Bob Novak's column in the Washington Post
>on Monday, but if you missed it, you should take a look. He too
>seems a little miffed at you.
>
So why the Novak hatchet job on Greenspan?
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