This is the kind of story that drives me a little nuts.  It starts with “Paul Volcker’s being left out,” with evidence of him not meeting with Obama in a long time, then goes forward to talk about how last week he met with Geithner, Summers, and Romer and talks to Goolsbee three or four times a week, and that his committee that hasn’t yet met in full has been having weekly conference calls of their sub-committees.  Yeah, sounds pretty far out of the loop.  Oh, and:

Mr. Volcker, who recently had a pacemaker implanted in what he told friends was a “trivial procedure,” said in a brief telephone interview Wednesday that he has no complaints about his role. “How they use me is up to them,” Mr. Volcker said. “I’m conflicted about wanting to go fishing and being responsive….I might get busier than I want to be.” He declined to comment about specific areas where he was or wasn’t consulted.

Did someone maybe get assigned to write a story about how Volcker’s missing from the debate?  Instead of getting assigned to just write a story about what’s actually happening?