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LaHood Continues Tradition Of Stuffing 'Across The Aisle' Pick At Transportation
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... On balance, the early reviews suggest that little is known about LaHood's transportation policies, but he shows some promise. Progress Illinois writes: ...
LaHood Continues Tradition Of Stuffing 'Across The Aisle' Pick At Transportation
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... On balance, the early reviews suggest that little is known about LaHood's transportation policies, but he shows some promise. Progress Illinois writes: ...
LaHood For Transportation Secretary: Say What?
Firedoglake —
This one seemed to come out of nowhere. LaHood's pretty reasonable as Republicans go, even if he did chair the Clinton impeachment he was chosen because he was seen as more fair and less partisan than most others. He's one of the few Republicans who refused to sign Newt Gingrich's contract for America, and anyone who tells Gingrich where to get off can't be all bad.
He hasn't been that involved with transportation issues. Adam Doster at Progress Illinois does the run down: ...
Josh Nelson: Ray LaHood at Transportation, What is Obama Thinking?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... personalities are sometimes branded as moderates, but that has more to do with their personality."
This morning, Ryan Avent offered three possibilities for the meaning behind this pick: 1. Obama doesn't intend the DOT secretary to do the heavy lifting on his transportation policies
2. Obama doesn't really care about transportation
3. It isn't true
So, which one is it?
To be fair, Progress Illinois takes a good look at the potential upside: So what can we glean about LaHood's record on this ...
Progressive Breakfast: Lines Drawn In Health Care Fight
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... Progress Illinois reviews the record: "So what can we glean about LaHood's record on this issue? The moderate Republican has broken with his party over Amtrak funding, voting yes last summer to expand passenger rail service. In 2005, he told the Peoria Journal-Star that 'we’ve got a good Amtrak system in Illinois and I don’t think we want to destroy it by talking about privatization.' In 2006, he received a 66 percent rating from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, a major transportation construction lobby. He also voted in favor of the Saving Energy ...
Should We Get Hot and Bothered By Obama's Personnel Choices?
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... seems to have big fans in the oil and mining community, and his next Transportation Secretary is a Republican lacking any serious record on transit issues. In short, the trepidation that Obama's early cabinet picks ...
Progressive Breakfast: Lines Drawn In Health Care Fight
The Hollywood Liberal —
... expresses disappointment over Obama’s choice of GOP Rep. Ray LaHood for Transportation Secretary: “It’s possible that Obama wants him for GOP outreach, or that the bold moves will come elsewhere — out of another department or a national infrastructure bank. And we don’t yet know who’ll be running the FTA, or what resources they’ll have. But this does seem to be strongly at odds with the adminstration’s language on energy, environmental, and transportation issues.” Progress Illinois reviews the record: “So what can we glean about LaHood’s record on this issue? The moderate ...
What You Need To Know About Ray LaHood
Think Progress —
... LaHood is a moderate Republican who has broken with his party over Amtrak funding, voting yes last summer to expand passenger rail service. He also ...
Elation to Confusion to Elation Again: The Obama Energy Appointments Roller-Coaster
Firedoglake —
... , as National Security Advisor, is coming from a Vice-Presidency at the global warming denier / delayer supporting US Chamber of Commerce where he developed energy policy that is best described as 'climate delayer' in tone. Tom Vilsack, perhaps due to the state he governed, is a massive promoter of questionable (fiscally, environmentally, energy balance) corn-based ethanol. Ray LaHood, for ...
