More Republicans praise Obama picks

From NBC's Ken Strickland During his news conference today, President-elect Obama said there has been bipartisan support for his newly named economic team. Here's what a couple of key Senate Republicans have said. As the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Judd Gregg called the nomination of Peter Orszag to OMB Director "another positive choice by President-elect Obama as he unveils his new economic team this week." In a written statement issued this afternoon, Gregg went on to call Orszag "an excellent choice." Gregg said the earlier selection of Tim Geithner and Larry Summers "assures that we will continue to see a clear commitment by the federal government and the new administration to do whatever is needed to ensure the solvency and orderly functioning of the credit markets and key institutions." ...( read more ) (link)