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Embattled Democrat Joins Call for Treasury Secretary Geithner To Go

Pat McMahon Contributor
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First it was House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, making his pitch to the electorate to be made House speaker in part by calling for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to be fired.

Now embattled Democrats are getting into the act.

Rep. Tom Perriello, a Virginia Democratic freshman and one of the most-endangered House members, has called for Geithner’s head, at a town-hall meeting in Ruckersville, Va. In a news release Thursday, the Jefferson Area Tea Party, not Perriello’s best mate, struck a rare note of agreement with the Democratic lawmaker – sort of.

Full story: Embattled Democrat Joins Call for Treasury Secretary Geithner To Go – Washington Wire – WSJ