Obama's Treasury Secretary - As we're seeing, Hank Paulson has had tremendous power in guiding how the government deals with the housing/mortgage/credit crisis. This problem will not be fixed in the 2 months before Obama is inagurated, and his choice of a Treasury Secretary will hugely affect how things are handled, and also send a message about how things will go in the future.
CNN suggests six potential SecTreas nominees: Timothy Geithner, Warren Buffett, Sheila Bair, Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, and John Corzine. Buffett is the celebrity pick, but doesn't seem to want the job. Rubin (director @ Citi), Summers & Corzine (ex-CEO of Goldman Sachs) are pols who bring their own baggage - Geithner is from the Fed, and Bair is from the FDIC, both units that have performed fairly well.
I think Obama should go in a different direction and my pick would be:
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