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What's the score card on geithner's tenure? the unemployment rate is where he started when he took on the job. it's the same as today. 7.8%. the economy has experienced some major twists and turns. joining me now pulitzer prize economic writer. what is the basic feeling about tim geithner who came in during such a perilous time? how has he done? >> well, you'll get opinions of sort of across the spectrum. he obviously has big republican critics. he also has a lot of critics among liberals. i think when you sort of look at the evidence, i would say a few major things. one, i think he deserves s...

Would argue that. so as you go into a new congress and a new senate, it's going to have to be compromise. we are going to have to have democrats and republicans working together to get anything passed. the problem right now is you can't. john boehner calling on geithner and summers to resign it's kind of a campaign stunt, a brilliant one, but still a stunt. that's all that will happen between now and november. we as a country have to hope that after november with these diminished majorities that the two parties can actually find some common ground to answer some of the problems that are plagui...

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You know, geithner gave a similar type speech. i remember right after he was confirmed. when he was confirmed, markets went up, you know why? they were glad that -- >> he was the only guy that could save our nation. >> that and at least obama didn't pick bill ahers as his treasury secretary. his first major address of that, the markets came down considerably because he gave the same set of clueless speech and i think the president really -- if he wants to get the markets in order, he really has to address the nation in a more concerted, coherent way and leave the class warfare out, you know, t...

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