Posted on 01/31/2009 10:13:00 AM PST by lewisglad
New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg “would never allow his seat to go to a Democrat,” says a Republican close to President Obama’s presumptive pick for Commerce Secretary. “The only way he would allow it is if he died.” Buzz today is that if Gregg took the gig, his replacement would share parties with New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat. (If Al Franken is deemed the winner here in Minnesota, the Dems would then secure a veto filibuster-proof majority.) But The Hill now reports that Republicans are saying Gregg will only take the job if he’s guaranteed that the seat will stay in GOP hands. A Commerce Secretary Gregg, then, seems pretty unlikely. Lynch would face political backlash for appointing a Republican, and Gregg probably won’t unconditionally take the cabinet post. The Hill’s un-named Republican says Gregg would “consider it to be a breach of trust to people who elected [him].”
Didn’t Judd Gregg accept the Cabinet position? Oh fey, feckless man. It seems like a liberal plot to me.
Mitt Romney doesn’t reduce the Republicans in the Senate to a filibuster-proof toothless minority.
True that, even if he WOULD be better than Judd Gregg for the position.
Does ANYONE really believe the GOP can sustain a filibuster with the herd or RINO’s in the Senate? Anyone? Anyone?
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