Political Favorites on Obama's Deficit Panel
Forbes
Feb. 26, 2010
"If Obama is serious about reducing the federal budget deficit, it seems he would stack the panel high with deficit hawks. However, only one of his appointees--Rivlin--seems to qualify. She's currently co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center's blue ribbon Debt Reduction Task Force, a wonkish prototype of the president's more politically charged panel. As the first director of the Congressional Budget Office and a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Rivlin also has plenty of experience with the federal budgeting process."
