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Despite Promises, Gregg Pick May Still Hurt GOP
Politics Daily —
... Luckily, Sen. Gregg is adamant that he will not accept his nomination unless he gets a guarantee that his Senate replacement will be a Republican, and Lynch seems to be signaling he is okay with that. However, this appointments still creates problems for the Republican Party. ...
Clarification Needed
Weekly Standard Blog —
... White House had discussion with New Hampshire Governor John Lynch (D) about a successor to Senator Judd Gregg (R) if Obama chooses Gregg as his next Commerce Secretary?
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, at his afternoon briefing: The Obama administration ""has had nothing and wants nothing to do with that going forward."
Governor Lynch, in a statement today: "I have had conversations with Senator Gregg, the White House and U.S. Senate leadership."
(H/T Jonathan Martin)
Lynch Says He Will Appoint Republican to Fill Gregg’s Seat
Firedoglake —
... As Jonathan Martin points out, this may make Robert Gibbs a somewhat less svelte Dana Perino:
Lynch appeared to contradict White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’ assertion at his briefing Monday that the White House has not been involved in ...
Obama To Pick GOP Sen. Gregg for Commerce Seat
PoliGazette —
... The news, and it’s not really news, is that President Barack Obama today will announce the choice of New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg for Commerce Secretary. Gregg, a Republican, is a member of the Appropriations Commitee; Health, Education, Pensions, and Labor Committee; and ranking member of the Budget Committee. He nomination and presumable confirmation would leave a Senate already tipping on a thin fulcrum more fully leaned toward complete Democratic domination. ...
Around the Web in 80 Seconds, 02.03.09
The Latest on Air America —
... time when it responded to hyperinflation by removing 12 zeros from its currency. Here's Rachel Maddow and Scott Horton of Harpers Magazine on Obama and rendition: Iran launches a home-made satellite . It's Black History month and with our first president of color and the 100th anniversary of the NAACP, we realize how short little old February is. Obama chooses Judd Gregg for Commerc Secretary and New Hampshire Governor John Lynch says, no problemo . Daschle didn't pay a tremendous amount of taxes (more than $128,000). ...
Gee, I thought I Was Voting For A Democrat In November, Not A Post-Partisan-- 1,445 Days 'Til We Get Another Chance
DownWithTyranny! —
... by any stretch of the imagination and the answer "yes, but only if..." and then makes what most people would think of as a pretty hostile demand. That's what's happened with ...
The Early Word: The Bi-Partisan Cabinet
The Caucus —
This morning President Barack Obama is to announce the addition of another Republican to his cabinet: New Hampshire senator Judd Gregg, who is the president’s pick for commerce secretary. The Times’s Jeff Zeleny writes that the nomination of Mr. Gregg is evidence that a “new political breeze” is blowing in Washington . Not only does the choice reflects Mr. Obama’s promise to put together a governing team that includes some Republicans, Mr. Gregg’s move from the Senate to Commerce will not tip the balance in the chamber. New Hampshire Governor John Lynch, a Democrat, has ...
