A Democrat Who Should Really Apologize

I'm usually glad to be wrong about such things, but in this case, it's sadly apparent Geithner and Rahm were waiting behind the door of the press room exit to jump Gibbs:

White House officials on Wednesday insisted that they are satisfied with congressional action on regulatory reform legislation and disputed a Huffington Post report on Tuesday that they had threatened to veto a bill if its consumer-protection provisions were too weak.

"The White House has been working closely with [House Financial Services Committee] Chairman [Barney] Frank and [Senate Banking Committee] Chairman [Chris] Dodd for months on creating a strong and balanced consumer financial protection agency and we are confident the bill will streamline government, protect consumers, and provide a level playing field for responsible service providers," said spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki.

It's become a certainty that anything even suggestive of strong action on the behalf of the American people is going to be buried so deeply by this Administration that it never sees the light of day again, but I honestly did expect more than 12 hours would pass before they'd dig this latest hole.

Of course, it's now agreed we should all be more concerned about the nasty (and entirely appropriate) words used by Democrats who do care about the plight of the people, so please ignore anything suggestive of being fucked over at the behest of the head honcho at your leisure.

And enjoy the show from Copenhagen today...