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Republican Sen. Judd Gregg Withdraws Nomination As Commerce Secy.

by Edmund Jenks | February 12, 2009 at 02:08 pm

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The reason for the withdrawal has one asking, why did Senator Gregg allow himself to be considered in the first place ... number one reason? - POLICY DIFFERENCES!

Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire abruptly withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary Thursday, citing "irresolvable conflicts" with President Barack Obama's handling of the economic stimulus and 2010 census. "We are functioning from a different set of views on many critical items of policy," Gregg said in a statement released by his Senate office.

Gregg, 61, is a former New Hampshire governor who previously served in the House. He has been in the Senate since 1993 and currently serves as the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, where he is known as a crusader against big spending.

He was Obama's second choice to fill the Commerce portfolio.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew several weeks ago in the wake of a grand jury investigation into alleged wrongdoing involving state contracts. He has not been implicated personally.

I am sure that the announcement of the responsibility of the management of the Census being transferred from the Department of Commerce to the Cheif of Staff to the Office of the President of the United States (Rahm Emanual) had nothing to to with this change in direction.

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Amy Judd

at 15:15 on February 12th, 2009

Yes, why did he allow himself to be considered in the first place?

lefty_liberated

at 19:18 on February 12th, 2009

oh....perhaps a lack of wisdom that marks the history of the republican party.

Albert Milliron

at 17:11 on February 12th, 2009

He said, "No we can't" Agree on stimulus

René

at 20:18 on February 12th, 2009

Actually between 67% of the estimated 208,323,000 registered voters did NOT vote for Obama. or another estimate would be 68% of the other 213,005,467 estimated register voters did not vote for Obama. from a wiki entry on 2008 US election.

Also between 7,7 00,000 and 8,174,000 chose not to vote, perhaps they didn't like the choices.

Edmund Jenks

at 07:36 on February 13th, 2009

Thanks you for the definitive correction ... for my text to be correct I should have qualified it by stating ... of those who cast a vote (at least once, judging by what is going on in the Minnesota Senate race).

67% ... not a lot of excitement out there with barely one month logged in office for Carter's Second Term.