Now this is a shock 😮
President Obama’s choice for Commerce Secretary, Senator Judd Gregg, withdrew his nomination on Thursday. He said there were “irresolvable conflicts” between him and the administration.
“It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census, there are irresolvable conflicts for me,” Mr. Gregg said in a statement. “Prior to accepting this post, we had discussed these and other potential differences, but unfortunately we did not adequately focus on these concerns. We are functioning from a different set of views on many critical items of policy.”
The withdrawal comes one week after Mr. Gregg was named to become the third Republican member of the Obama Cabinet. It is the second time that the Commerce Secretary position has been vacant within the last month.
Mr. Gregg, a Republican of New Hampshire, had not resigned his seat in the Senate. He has been away from the Senate floor this week, presumably preparing for his confirmation, and did not vote on the administration’s economic stimulus plan.
via Gregg Withdraws as Commerce Secretary Nominee – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com.
Unreal. I believe that Obama’s idea of Bipartisanship is going down in flames. Obviously, the White House was caught off guard.
Update: Yup, the White House was caught off guard.
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Sounds like a game of bait and switch. Obama:”Oh, don’t worry, we’re not going to engage in wasteful spending during this time of economic crisis…” to get Gregg to accept, that’s the bait. The switch is doing exactly the opposite. But, Gregg must have been naive, because a democrat is a democrat is a democrat. There is no such thing as a new democrat. Look at history!
Heh… quite true. 😀