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Orszag Replacement Jack Lew Faces Budget Storm

With fighting over the Bush tax cuts reaching a fever pitch and Larry Summers’ exit leaving the Obama economic team in flux, Jack Lew, the president’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, is in a brutal spot. But his predecessor, Peter Orszag, tells The Daily Beast’s Benjamin Sarlin that Lew is a “fabulous” choice for the job.

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