Gregg Out at Commerce

[Biggie]

... (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/02/greeg_withdraws_as_commerce_no.html)

I'm starting to think that Obama's Cabinet is cursed. Not that I was a fan of the pick, but it's coming up on a month and he still doesn't have his government in place.

[akhhorus]

... (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/02/greeg_withdraws_as_commerce_no.html)

I'm starting to think that Obama's Cabinet is cursed. Not that I was a fan of the pick, but it's coming up on a month and he still doesn't have his government in place.

That spot is cursed, Obama is actually ahead of his predecessors on appointments:

Link (http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/02/obamas_ahead_on_nominees.php)

Gregg is saying that it has to do with the plans for the census and "bipartisanship."

[Biggie]

That spot is cursed, Obama is actually ahead of his predecessors on appointments:

Link (http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/02/obamas_ahead_on_nominees.php)

Gregg is saying that it has to do with the plans for the census and "bipartisanship."
Huh, didn't know that. Thanks for the link.

[akhhorus]

I think Gregg also said he's not running for re-election. Translation: I got skeletons lol

[RedskinsDave]

That spot is cursed, Obama is actually ahead of his predecessors on appointments:

Link (http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/02/obamas_ahead_on_nominees.php)



That is a horribly lame stat. How many of each of those other presidents nominations got rejected or withdrew? I could throw a bucket of paint on the wall and claim I painted it or I could use a brush and roller and get it right. Nevermind the author's horrible grammatical error.

[shally]

I think Gregg also said he's not running for re-election. Translation: I got skeletons lol

yup.. some kind of big time scandal..

[skinguy]

So we are on to nominee #3 for Obama's secretary of commerce, and the seventh (don't trust me on this number) Obama cabinet appointment to go belly up. Yesterday, a lot of people .. including the White House .. were surprised to learn that Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination as Obama's commerce secretary. For those of you who just put down your People magazine, Gregg is a Republican from New Hampshire. His nomination to the cabinet position came after beardless Bill Richardson had to withdraw because of a federal investigation.

Why the withdrawal? Well Gregg really isn't saying. It is clear that he is trying hard to maintain a civil relationship with the White House since he'll still be serving the people of New Hampshire in the Senate. But once Obama nominated Judd Gregg, the White House made a curious move - it essentially moved control of the Census from the commerce secretary to the White House.

This move hasn't really gotten a lot of coverage; certainly not as much as it deserves. That could be because we're drowning in information about the government expansion bill. But the move upset a lot of people, particularly Republicans, who saw it as nothing more than a partisan bid to reshape districts to favor Democrats in future elections. Let's see how simple I can make this for you. Democrats want to stay in power. They never want to be in a congressional minority again. To stay in power they have to create new Democrat voters .. as many as possible. Democrat voters can be found under rocks and various types of forest debris. They can also be found in urban areas populated by various minorities. The more Democrat voters you have in one area, the greater the chance of creating a solidly Democrat Congressional district. Democrats have long known that they can "count" more minorities in urban areas if they use computers to "model" the numbers than if they actually go out there and count noses. There's a little problem with the Constitution .. .it says "enumerate," not "estimate." So to accomplish the goal of inflating Democrat voters for redistricting purposes you take control of the census to somewhere where the Constitution doesn't count for all that much. And where would that be? Why, the White House, of course!

There's also money. The more tax money you can send to urban areas the more you can rely on votes from urban voters. The more people you can claim live in these areas - through estimating instead of counting, for instance - the more money you get to send.

Is this becoming clear to you?

Judd cited the Census, as well as the economic stimulus, as reasons why he withdrew his nomination. Looks like a possible new Republican hero in the making.

> http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/index.html

[akhhorus]

Link (http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0209/AP_Gregg_steered_taxpayer_funding_to_site_he_had_s take_in.html?showall)

Gregg steered 66 million to a NH development site he had a financial interest in.

[shally]

Link (http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0209/AP_Gregg_steered_taxpayer_funding_to_site_he_had_s take_in.html?showall)

Gregg steered 66 million to a NH development site he had a financial interest in.

and there it is... knew there had to be some dead fish somewhere