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bucolic_frolic

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4. Why don't Dems ever appoint their own Fed chairs???

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 07:35 PM

23 hrs ago

To my recollection, Clinton reappointed Greenspan, Obama reappointed Bernanke, Biden reappointed Powell.

Powell has been a damn good, transparent choice who's run things by the data and told us what it meant.

But to my question "Why don't Dems ever appoint their own Fed chairs???"

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