It wasn't supposed to drop this way. A few weeks ago, Christina Romer notified her colleagues that she intended to resign her post as chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. She felt she had served the president the best she could, was frustrated by the sluggish economy, and missed home.Quietly, the White House concocted a plan to announce her departure. News would break next week, during the dog days of August, after Congress had left for the… More »