Tim Geithner, President Barack Obama's nominee to be secretary of the Treasury, was quite consistent with Secretary of State Clinton's committment to perform a full policy review regarding Cuba. Here's his oft-repeated refrain from the Questions for the Record:

If confirmed, I pledge to work closely with the Under Secretary for International Affairs at the Treasury Department and my National Security Council and State Department counterparts to examine our policy toward Cuba.

A policy review is a really big deal. Everything will be on the table--it has to be. They will start from scratch with a new national intelligence estimate, examine all aspects of U.S. policy and start from a zero baseline.

With Geithner on board, here's what I think would be a great way forward. Congress continues to work on passing a full repeal of all travel restrictions to Cuba (which will help to make our policy more Constitutional--but not fully) and the Obama administration, in the meantime, identifies a Presidential Envoy for Cuba along the Mitchell/Holbrooke model, who then honchos the policy review. Both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue then work to make a mid-April deadline and President Obama and Secretary Clinton arrive as heroes for the April Summit of the Americas in Trinidad.

Just a thought...