But as pre-chairmanship policy statements go, that's considerably less radical than those made by, oh, Ben Bernanke.Where I think Mr Krugman really goes astray, however, is in arguing that regime change takes regime change, as in new bodies in key positions.
Chairmanships to high-level policy panels followed, covering topics from the minimum wage, pensions and climate change — all sandwiched between a job as vice chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe from 2000 to 2006.
"I prefer the policy-chairmanship route.
And indeed he continued to influence government policy through his chairmanship of the single ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
But the questions about the port security contract are potentially more troubling for Mr. Menendez, who is already facing questions over his fitness for the Foreign Relations Committee chairmanship, because the contract involved a foreign policy concern: curbing the flow of cocaine to the United States from the Dominican Republic.
Biden was once better known for his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee than for foreign-policy expertise; he oversaw the confirmation hearings of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, among others, and had established a reputation as a liberal in the mainstream of his party, and also as something of a grandstander.
Already measuring the drapes for what they hope are committee chairmanships, some Republicans are standing by their policy of mass deportations, border militarization, and current law -- and current barriers to legal immigration -- as their prescription for "fixing" immigration.
Several Republican senators said Mr. Lott would be offered the chairmanship of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee next week, a position with few policy duties but one with significant jurisdiction over the organization of the Senate.
The re-evaluation of Alan Greenspan's chairmanship of the FRB suggests his low-interest-rate policy created the housing bubble that still lingers, maybe for another year or two.
During the years of his chairmanship, Greenspan became known for his decisive use of monetary policy in steering the economy between the hazards of inflation and recession.
One project was chairmanship of the Democratic Leadership Council, though he was more interested in the policy than the politics.
