"Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President" by Ron Suskind, to be published tomorrow, could not have come at a worse time for Mr Obama. His popularity remains in the doldrums, he is struggling to implement a new economic plan and he faces a tough challenge to be re-elected next year. Larry Summers, a former top economic adviser is quoted as telling Peter Orszag, then Mr Obama 's budget director, at a dinner in Washington ' s Bombay Club: "We 're home alone. There 's no adult in charge. Clinton would never have made these mistakes. "Mr Summers was US Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton. Mr Orszag is quoted as telling the author:" Larry just didn 't think the president knew what he was deciding. "Anita Dunn, a former Obama communications director, is quoted as saying that "looking back, this place would be in court for a hostile workplace … Because it actually fits all of the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace for women. "(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk …
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