Another prospective Deputy Secretary of the Treasury dropped out yesterday. Rodgin Cohen, a white shoe lawyer who has acted as frequent counsel to bankers, pulled out in what was apparently the final stages of the vetting process. He's at least the second Deputy Secretary nominee to do so. At this point, the Obama administration's inability to fill this position is simply getting weird.Related question: If Tim Geithner had needed to win confirmation in the post-Tim Geithner world of increased tax scrutiny -- imagine Daschle had had Geithner's tax problems and been confirmed first -- would Geithner even be Treasury Secretary? And if not, isn't it a bit strange to hold the Deputy and Assistant Secretaries to a higher standard than the Secretary? ANOTHER (DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY) BITES THE DUST.
Another prospective Deputy Secretary of the Treasury dropped out yesterday. Rodgin Cohen, a white shoe lawyer who has acted as frequent counsel to bankers, pulled out in what was apparently the final stages of the vetting process. He's at least the second Deputy Secretary nominee to do so. At this point, the Obama administration's inability to fill this position is simply getting weird.Related question: If Tim Geithner had needed to win confirmation in the post-Tim Geithner world of increased tax scrutiny -- imagine Daschle had had Geithner's tax problems and been confirmed first -- would Geithner even be Treasury Secretary? And if not, isn't it a bit strange to hold the Deputy and Assistant Secretaries to a higher standard than the Secretary? 
