ROMER OUT, GOOLSBEE IN: “President Obama on Friday will promote a longtime economic adviser, Austan D. Goolsbee, to chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, signaling continuity even as a high unemployment rate has left much of the public dissatisfied with administration policies.” That not-very-positive lede comes from The New York Times, which surely says something. . . .

UPDATE: The importance of being good on TV.