This is just irritating.

I think the president is [focused on Main Street]," Brown told CNN's "State of the Union." "I think the vice president is. I think the advisers are mixed."

The Ohio Democrat was responding to a handful of House members -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- who this past week had criticized Timothy Geithner for mishandling the bank bailout and failing to spur small business lending. Those members have called for the Treasury Secretary's resignation in light of these perceived failures.

What Sherrod Brown is basically saying is this: "I love the Czar, Long Live the Czar, but down with his ministers." Seriously, this is a narrative trope straight out of Czarist Russia, when the peasants, long oppressed and over-taxed bemoan the fact that their Czar loves them, but is surrounded by evil ministers. Brown knows better. He's just too weak kneed to admit it. The bottom line is that when we apply Occam's Razor to Obama's policies, it's clear to all that he's all about the bank-play, as Ian so clearly has demonstrated time and time again. When is America going to grow up?