The New Hampshire dominoes

From NBC’s Doug Adams New Hampshire governor John Lynch is holding a news conference at 4:30 p.m. today to announce a successor to Sen. Judd Gregg -- if Gregg is confirmed as Commerce Secretary. The pick is expected to be a Republican -- part of a deal worked out by Gregg, a Republican, and Lynch, a Democrat. The appointee would reportedly agree to be a “caretaker" for two years, and not run in the 2010 election. The expected choice is Bonnie Newman , a 63-year-old Republican with a long biography of high profile political and educational appointments. She has served in two Republican administrations ( Reagan and George H.W. Bush ) and has close ties to Sen. Gregg, having been his chief of staff in the House in the 1980s. She was once president of the University of New Hampshire and executive dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. ...( read more ) (link)