Sunstein to an Obscure Post

(via Yglesias) Cass Sunstein - Obama's Univ. of Chicago Law buddy and husband of "HRC is a monster" Samantha Powers - is going to lead the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. It's w/in the OMB and deals with regulation. That's all I know. Cass is a smarty pants and because he's there, the OIR will be more powerful (in whatever it does) under Obama than it was under Bush. Also, maybe he can put some of his ideas in Nudge to work.

UPDATE: Ezra Klein explains the OIR a lot better for those who are interested in how Sunstein can apply his version of behavior economics ("light paternalism") to the regulatory state.