On Nov 5, 2008, at 8:00 PM, B. wrote:
> How about JP Morgan Chase CEO on tap as Treasury Sec'y?
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> http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0806/gallery.obamas_advisors.fortune/3.html
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> Did FDR have a banking CEO in comparable position?
No, but his first Treasury Secretary was a Republican businessman. His second, Morgenthau, was born into a real estate family and was orthodox on economic matters, though he largely did what FDR told him to.
Doug