Double standards in D.C.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has only recently begun filling in key positions in his department. Key positions that should have already been filled.

Is Obama being arrogant (because he chose him, Geithner must be able to handle the load by himself) or overconfident in Geithner's capabilities that he has allowed him to work solo in the attempt to fix the U.S. economy since January?

At a recent news conference, Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary, told journalists that the reason it was taking so long to appoint Geithner's staff was that the nominees for the positions were undergoing "a very rigorous process." Apparently more rigorous than the process Geithner himself had to go through. After all, his tax fraud seemed to slip through the "rigorous process" of the nomination for treasury secretary.

Double standards are the best!