Could...COULD? Who are they trying to kid?
Official: Gregg leading candidate for Commerce
By PHILIP ELLIOTT – 48 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire is the leading candidate to become commerce secretary and a decision could come as soon as Monday, an Obama administration official said Saturday.
Gregg’s appointment to the post could give Obama and his Democratic Party a victory in the Senate, clearing the way for them to pass legislation without fear of a Republican filibuster. It also would provide the administration a strong ambassador to the business community in Gregg, who devised the $700 billion banking bailout package last year.
No firm decision had been made, said the administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official wasn’t authorized to discuss administration deliberations. The official also said there was no word on who New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat, would appoint to replace Gregg.
Lynch, a political moderate, could easily appoint a Republican, senior Democrats have told supporters in private conversation. They fret that Lynch is likely to appoint a “placeholder” senator who would not run for re-election in 2010.
Gregg faces a tough re-election in 2010. His state has shifted toward Democrats in recent years and his role in the banking rescue plan would complicate his bid in a state that proudly rebukes government spending and has no state income taxes.
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The 60 appears to be inevitable. These bastards are going to use every available lever to get their wish. You have Emmanuel and that press secretary as just two examples of this dreaded band of socialist pigs who would take no prisoners if they could wipe out their enemies. These guys make Clinton’s bunch look demur in comparison.
Your handle reminded me this episode in modern US political history is a macro version of blackhawk down. The Republicans are the US military contigent, pinned down and unendingly harassed by a seemingly endless supply of democrat mogs. You know the contigent will fight bravely and to the last man, but they are doomed to defeat in the end. Unless, of course, they can manage to call in air support. Metaphorically what would constitute air support?