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&lt;p&gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may not have as much support from the Obama administration as he does from the New York banking industry.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He got dinged for &lt;a href=&quot;http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/tough-questions-expected-for-geithner-today/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;failing to pay more than $34,000 in income taxes&lt;/a&gt; from 2001-04. Geithner has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/economy/11bailout.html?_r=1&amp;amp;scp=2&amp;amp;sq=timothy%20geithner&amp;amp;st=cse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;had a tough go convincing Democratic and Republican lawmakers&lt;/a&gt; on the revised bailout plans for the banks. Geithner &lt;a href=&quot;http://rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/10/geithner_vs_axelrod_a_cage_match_in_which_the_taxpayer_seems_to_have_won&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;also reportedly has had run-ins&lt;/a&gt; with Obama&#039;s top advisor David Axelrod on getting tougher with the banks. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the U.S. economy doesn&#039;t respond quickly to the new plan, Geithner could be signaled as the one to blame.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prediction: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner resigns by Dec. 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may not have as much support from the Obama administration as he does from the New York banking industry.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He got dinged for &lt;a href=&quot;http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/tough-questions-expected-for-geithner-today/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;failing to pay more than $34,000 in income taxes&lt;/a&gt; from 2001-04. Geithner has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/economy/11bailout.html?_r=1&amp;amp;scp=2&amp;amp;sq=timothy%20geithner&amp;amp;st=cse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;had a tough go convincing Democratic and Republican lawmakers&lt;/a&gt; on the revised bailout plans for the banks. Geithner &lt;a href=&quot;http://rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/10/geithner_vs_axelrod_a_cage_match_in_which_the_taxpayer_seems_to_have_won&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;also reportedly has had run-ins&lt;/a&gt; with Obama&#039;s top advisor David Axelrod on getting tougher with the banks. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the U.S. economy doesn&#039;t respond quickly to the new plan, Geithner could be signaled as the one to blame.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prediction: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner resigns by Dec. 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may not have as much support from the Obama administration as he does from the New York banking industry.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He got dinged for &lt;a href=&quot;http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/tough-questions-expected-for-geithner-today/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;failing to pay more than $34,000 in income taxes&lt;/a&gt; from 2001-04. Geithner has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/economy/11bailout.html?_r=1&amp;amp;scp=2&amp;amp;sq=timothy%20geithner&amp;amp;st=cse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;had a tough go convincing Democratic and Republican lawmakers&lt;/a&gt; on the revised bailout plans for the banks. Geithner &lt;a href=&quot;http://rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/10/geithner_vs_axelrod_a_cage_match_in_which_the_taxpayer_seems_to_have_won&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;also reportedly has had run-ins&lt;/a&gt; with Obama&#039;s top advisor David Axelrod on getting tougher with the banks. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the U.S. economy doesn&#039;t respond quickly to the new plan, Geithner could be signaled as the one to blame.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prediction: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner resigns by Dec. 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may not have as much support from the Obama administration as he does from the New York banking industry.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He got dinged for &lt;a href=&quot;http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/tough-questions-expected-for-geithner-today/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;failing to pay more than $34,000 in income taxes&lt;/a&gt; from 2001-04. Geithner has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/economy/11bailout.html?_r=1&amp;amp;scp=2&amp;amp;sq=timothy%20geithner&amp;amp;st=cse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;had a tough go convincing Democratic and Republican lawmakers&lt;/a&gt; on the revised bailout plans for the banks. Geithner &lt;a href=&quot;http://rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/10/geithner_vs_axelrod_a_cage_match_in_which_the_taxpayer_seems_to_have_won&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;also reportedly has had run-ins&lt;/a&gt; with Obama&#039;s top advisor David Axelrod on getting tougher with the banks. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the U.S. economy doesn&#039;t respond quickly to the new plan, Geithner could be signaled as the one to blame.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prediction: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner resigns by Dec. 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
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