He has created some big shoes to fill, and now that the 2013 mayoral race is starting to shape up, it will be interesting to see who steps up to fill them and what their brands will bring to New York City.
The General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin versions of the new radios are in better shape, partly because they came later and benefited from mis-steps that Boeing made in executing what experts agree was a very demanding set of performance specifications.
"These are only the first steps that will be need to but our public finances back in shape but I believe the public and most members of the House will welcome the fact we finally have a government with the guts and determination to take these difficult decisions".
Now, some of that is unavoidable because they really do need to strengthen -- you know, the banking sector was in bad shape and it was over-leveraged and we really did need to take some steps to shore up the banking system.