Playing nice during recess

Pres­i­dent Obama was in Ohio this week, speak­ing in the Cleve­land area about the state of the nation’s econ­omy. He sur­prised reporters (and no doubt Con­gres­sional Repub­li­cans as well) when he announced that he was appoint­ing for­mer Ohio Attor­ney Gen­eral Richard Cor­dray as head of the new fed­eral con­sumer finan­cial pro­tec­tion bureau.