When Dr. Doom Gives You a Thumb Up

Nouriel Roubini, who called the financial crisis circa 2004, gives his seal of approval to Obama's economic team. Glenn Greenwald notes that Roubini knows Larry Summers and Tim Geithner personally, something that Roubini himself voluntarily disclosed.

But Dr. Doom didn't get his nickname by being soft, so his blessings carries a lot of weight among these circles these days.