I understand the census was swiped from the Commerce Dept., but why does he care about the stimulus?
Possibility: spending within the stimulus that usually would be done via Commerce is also taken away, either in the text of the bill, or Emanuel told Gregg the spending control is being taken away.
Probably so the Chicago Crew can get the cash easier, and with less strings.
A good reporter would ask follow up questions to Gregg what the problem was with the stimulus and was it on numbers, or control?
Gregg could have been jealous of all the money the girls next door got for their state.
He would be a Republican with a title, no power.
No census, no control of how the stimulus is to be spent. In other words, he wouldn’t do anything but be a face to show Obama ‘reaching across the aisle’.
Wait, wait, I got it. Let's get a marxist mulatto, preferably born in another country, trained by dangerous radical bomb-throwing terrorists, spawned by Chicago's criminal Democratic Machine, and I have a way it won't cost us a cent to put him in office. We'll get George Soros to pick up the tab!
Speaking of picking up the tab and keeping the change, young Soetoro-Obama has just become one of the world's richer marxists. Do the math. He raised over $1 billion for his campaign from only Allah knows where, spent a mere $750 Million or so. So my friends, he gets to keep the change. Perfectly legal. A dirty little-not-so-secret of our wonderful two-party system.
Now here's another funny, if unbelievable anecdote. 53% of those Americans who could be induced to leave the couch and vote, actually voted for Obama.
My take -
A lot of heat from Republicans.
Also, nervousness about his seat, sure, a Repub but what would that person’s chances be in NH, now a blue state at the leglislative and gubernatorial level. Hence, without Gregg’s name, prolly switch to Dems next election.