AFTER WOLFOWITZ. "The World Bank's executive board has just announced that its new president will be selected using a competitive, merit-based process, paying no attention to the nationality of candidates. Breaking precedent, a White House spokesman said that the position as World Bank president is too important for parochial and political considerations to dominate," reports Dani Rodrik. He continues: "Not!" The White House is already gearing up to select a new World Bank president, actually, and they're showing all indications of employing the same foolish, opaque, haphazard process that worked so well the first time. I'm thinking Richard Perle, or possibly Bill Kristol. Or maybe Skeletor. Slightly more seriously, Tony Blair is being rumored, and he'd probably be a good choice. --Ezra Klein
