Economists for Firing Larry Summers Changing Name to "Economic Policy Advice for President Obama"

This could be considered an example of Mission Creep.
From EfFLS:

Blog Name Changed

As everyone is well aware, as of last month, Larry Summers is no longer a part of this administration. Hence, the name of this blog had become a touch anachronistic. While the original mission of the blog -- to see to it that Larry Summers get to spend more time with his family -- has been accomplished, the overall vision of having a Democratic President who makes smart Economic Policies (or at least policies that aren't terrible), is unchanged. While the torch has been passed to a new set of Economic Advisers, the need to keep heat on these people persists....

Posted by Thorstein Veblen

Here's one of our posts from last October:
"Climateer Line of the Day: Damn Arrogant Economist With Faint Praise Edition"

Today's Winner is President Obama:

Lawrence H. Summers, the chief architect of the Obama administration’s economic policies who is leaving the White House, received an accidental back-handed compliment from his boss.
Appearing on “The Daily Show with John Stewart” on Wednesday night, President Obama said,

“In fairness, Larry Summers did a heck of a job in trying to figure out how to …”

“You don’t want to use that phrase, dude,” Mr. Stewart interjected.
“Pun intended!” the president responded to laughter....

-Via DealBook 

For anyone interested in understanding the root causes of the mess the economy is in I can't recommend Frontline's "The Warning" highly enough. Here's our post...