The prime minister's judgment and authority are, once again, under question.
That he returned to office so soon and made that mistake feeds doubts about Mr Blair's own judgment and authority.
It seems likely to consist of people who have the kind of experience, judgment and authority Morgan had — possibly a new "trio" made up of the current Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke; Paul Volcker and Warren Buffettt.
It has been many years since New York State had a governor with the vision, judgment and authority that it needs now to turn Albany's budget from obesity, to resist powerful interests, to plot a course out of an ethical netherworld in which state the government has become a national embarrassment.
But you don't want team members who openly question your judgment, your authority.
Even when you disagreed with them, their judgments had authority, because they were grounded in something more concrete, more available to other people, than "feelings" or "impressions".
NEW YORK TIMES Soros Says Time Is Running Short for Europe | In a speech at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy, on Saturday, George Soros said: "In my judgment the authorities have a three months' window during which they could still correct their mistakes and reverse the current trends".
This challenged the medical profession's long-held reliance on subjective judgment, tradition and authority.
"It is challenging, but not, in the judgment of the authority, unrealistic," the report said.
