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Boehner's Economic Take: At Odds With CBO, Biden and Guru Mark Zandi

Rep. John Boehner, the House Republican leader and speaker-in-waiting, isn't getting much pundit love for his speech on the economy Tuesday at the City Club of Cleveland. The headline was his suggestion that President Obama fire Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, economic adviser Larry Summers and the rest of his economic team. Conservative blogger Ed Morrissey called that sound counsel. But economist Mark Zandi, who has advised candidates of both parties, including Obama and 2008 GOP nominee John McCain, said Wednesday that would be counter-productive. "Certainly changing leadership doesn't ...

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