The reappointment of Mr Fillon, who is now expected to stay until the 2012 presidential election, is an almost unprecedented individual triumph.
The reappointment seemed to Krugman to be "a reaffirmation of Serious Person Syndrome, aka it's better to have been conventionally wrong than unconventionally right".
The reappointment of Mr Liu, who oversaw the firm's transition from a local distributor of foreign PCs to the biggest domestic manufacturer, is a clear sign that Lenovo believes its best chance of revival lies in fast-growing China.
The reappointment of General Pasha is "good for the relationship" with the United States, said Shuja Nawaz, the director of the South Asia program at the Atlantic Council in Washington.
The reappointment of Dunga, the step back into a past that seems increasingly prehistoric, was essentially a rejection of the need for change, a retreat into the conservatism that had created the problems in the first place.
The reappointment of Peter Moores as the head coach was designed to sweep a new broom through the ECB, but ultimately Downton paid the price for those two key decisions.
The reappointment will need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, but that seems to be a virtual certainty.
The reappointment of Dunga, World Cup-winning captain in 1994 who first coached Brazil between 2006 and 2010, was certainly a bolt from the blue.
"His dismissal had absolutely nothing to do with the reappointment of Commissioner Hogan".
In any case, a majority of economists, central bankers, and investors support the reappointment.
Others object to the reappointment of Salam Fayyad, an independent, as prime minister.
