clipped from: business.theatlantic.com   
Henry Blodget thinks it is time for Timothy Geithner to go.  So far, Geithner's performance has been shockingly unimpressive.  It's not as if he's walking into the crisis anew; he's been the head of the New York Fed for years, and dealing with these issues from the very beginning.
On the other hand, though I've so far been underwhelmed by his performance, we can hardly fire him, because who on earth would replace him?  The administration's vetting procedure has gotten entirely out of hand. Two candidates for Treasury slots have already withdrawn their candidacy in the face of the delays and Mossad-style interrogation procedures the candidates have to submit to.
The inability to get anyone confirmed has to be laid at the feet not of Geithner, but of Obama.  We're in the biggest financial crisis in living memory, and the administration has so far failed to staff treasury because it is unwilling to take any political risk that a nominee will have a tax or a nanny problem.