Sunday, February 15, 2009

David Axelrod On Meet the Press Feb. 15

David Axelrod says the executive pay situation will be retooled to work. Wall Street is very unhappy that a new provision in the stimulus is retro restrictive on bonuses.
On Geithner, Axelrod said Geithner had planned to lay out a strategy, not details. The plan is very complex, Axelrod said.
On Judd Gregg, Axelrod pulled the M-word, maverick. Axelrod said Gregg was a maverick in the senate and had second thoughts. The Census will not be politicized, he said. It will reflect the population of this country.
Picks for Health and Human Services and Commerce are in the works.
Axelrod on stimulus:

Axelrod, obviously irritated, puts Cheney The Grouch in his place:

Axelrod on the republican whining about the bill: