Bonnie Newman replacenment for Senator Gregg

FOX NEWS | 2/3/2009 | staff

[kellynla]

Bonnie Newman announced as the replacement for Senator Gregg.

[ken5050]

She’ll be schooled by Maines’ Pigeon sisters..

[jwalsh07]

It was reported that Gregg had said that he would not take the position unless the governor agreed to appoint another “R”

How is this different from Blago aside from the form of the pro quo?

[IrishMike]

J. Bonnie Newman, 63, was Sen. Judd Gregg’s chief of staff when he was in the U.S. House in the 1980s. She has a long resume in the private and public sectors, highlighted by her roles as assistant to the President for management and administration in the George H.W. Bush White House, an assistant commerce secretary in the Reagan administration, interim president of the University of New Hampshire and executive dean at the Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

[matginzac]

Cute! :-)

[TheOgre]

Wanna bet she leans further left than right?

[kellynla]

“Maines’ Pigeon sisters”

Thanks, I needed a good laugh! BIG SMILE

[Coldwater Creek]

Gregg drama not over yet! He voted to abolish the Commerce Dept.

[ken5050]

Thanks....I’m waiting for the first Freeper to ask me to explain it...

[kinsman redeemer]

Huffington Post has some Bonnie Bio details.

[cubreporter]

And there ya have it.

[warsaw44]

I agree. I thought the man would be able to see what Obama’s real goal was with his appointment. Its troubling to see Gregg more interested in his own self advancement than in the best interests in his country.

[kellynla]

“How is this different from Blago aside from the form of the pro quo?”

HUGE difference...Blago was “shopping” the appointment for $$$$$$$$$ and/or a position...definitely illegal!

[pgkdan]

I no longer expect any politician to put the good of the country ahead of their personal power, perks and privelges. None of them.

[Unam Sanctam]

Someone on FR yesterday said part of the deal is that the replacement senator would not run in the next election. Does anyone know if that is true?

[LibLieSlayer]

abc was saying that a dim will replace her for certain. I have no idea but stephie-boy was excited about the prospect.

LLS

[NeoCaveman]

Someone on FR yesterday said part of the deal is that the replacement senator would not run in the next election. Does anyone know if that is true?

No idea.

If so, maybe Senator Sununu should try a comeback...

[kellynla]

Yea, well Huffington can go to hell.

Another skirt who would be totally unheard of if not for her homosexual husband...

[TexasBeth]

Pretty funny....Obama had to got to a Republican to avoid having another tax cheat turn up.

[ConservativeMan55]

BTTT

[DBrow]

“....Newman served as assistant secretary of Commerce for economic development in the Reagan administration.”

So she'd be a better pick for Commerce than Gregg! That says a lot.

I am so disappointed that he'd fall for this. Must have been a heck of an offer.

There were rumors that the deal with the replacement was that she won't run for re-election after her two years. Anybody read that too? How would that work, anyway, as a contract?