Jonathan Cohn Larry Summers Seeks Support from the Fake Left by: Matt Stoller Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 13:43 Our petition against Larry Summers has hit 5000 people, and the energy against him is pretty remarkable and coming from a variety of different directions.  NOW's Kim Gandy has spoken out, Dean Baker has been on a tear, and I even got a review copy of a book sent to my address about labor economics, only the name on the address label was cheekily dubbed 'Larry Summers'.  So there's furious private lobbying going on about this possible pick. There's More... :: (30 Comments, 376 words in story)

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