New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg has withdrawn his name from consideration as President Barack Obama's Commerce Secretary nominee.
Why? Says he couldn't support the stimulus program.
Uhh... the need for such was being discussed even before your nomination. Either you're an idiot or else you're a liar. Which is it?
Let's remember, Gregg wasn’t a fan of spending a lot of money on the 2000 Census.
So, in response to complaints from black and Hispanic leaders worried about a GOPer overseeing the Census, and how to address minority-heavy undercounts, etc., the Obama Administration is pulled the 2010 Census out from Commerce control.
You sure you're not angry about that, also, Judd?
At the same time, this only reinforces the insight of a New York Times editorial wondering aloud and rhetorically about whether or not Obama thought through all the political ramifications of the Gregg nomination.
Given that the economic stimulus was under discussion before Gregg's nomination, I'd say:
A. No.
B. This is yet another case of bad Cabinet vetting by Team Obama.
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February 12, 2009
February 05, 2009
Judd Gregg, the Democratic Congress, and the 2010 Census
In addition to not being a fan of the Commerce Department in the past, President Obama’s Commerce Secretary nominee, New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg, wasn’t a fan of spending a lot of money on the 2000 Census.
Especially given than Census undercounts tend to favor the GOP, The New York Times editorializes about whether or not Obama has thought through all the political ramifications of the Gregg nomination.
Good example. Texas is expected to gain as many as three House seats.
What if undercounts cost the D/FW Metroplex, or Houston, a seat, and a Democratic one at that?
Aha. In response to complaints from black and Hispanic leaders, the Obama Administration is pulling the 2010 Census out from Commerce control.
It’s a good political solution but a stupid bureaucratic solution, as Team Obama continues to make ad hoc decisions, often forced on it by failure to fully do original homework.
And, it’s another think, like Obama’s “czars,” that muddies bureaucratic lines of control.
Especially given than Census undercounts tend to favor the GOP, The New York Times editorializes about whether or not Obama has thought through all the political ramifications of the Gregg nomination.
Good example. Texas is expected to gain as many as three House seats.
What if undercounts cost the D/FW Metroplex, or Houston, a seat, and a Democratic one at that?
Aha. In response to complaints from black and Hispanic leaders, the Obama Administration is pulling the 2010 Census out from Commerce control.
It’s a good political solution but a stupid bureaucratic solution, as Team Obama continues to make ad hoc decisions, often forced on it by failure to fully do original homework.
And, it’s another think, like Obama’s “czars,” that muddies bureaucratic lines of control.
July 11, 2008
BushCo throws up straw men to fight having to fight global warming
The Bush Administration is officially disavowing the Environmental Protection Agency’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking about using the Clean Air Act to fight global warming. A joint letter from the secretaries of agriculture, commerce, transportation and energy, rejects the idea of using the act to regulate greenhouse gases, for example.
First, this ignores the EPA’s own estimate of potential economic benefits from GHG control, as much as $2 trillion worldwide, and here in the U.S., recouping costs on the easiest parts of the solution in no more than seven years.
Outside of auto transportation, MIT has invented a new solar concentrator that could be far better than current solar panels.
So, the White House-orchestrated attempt to undercut the EPA is the usual anti-environmentalist pack of lies.
“Our agencies have serious concerns with this suggestion because it does not recognize the enormous — and we believe, insurmountable — burdens, difficulties, and costs, and likely limited benefits, of using the Clean Air Act to regulate GHG emissions.”
First, this ignores the EPA’s own estimate of potential economic benefits from GHG control, as much as $2 trillion worldwide, and here in the U.S., recouping costs on the easiest parts of the solution in no more than seven years.
Outside of auto transportation, MIT has invented a new solar concentrator that could be far better than current solar panels.
So, the White House-orchestrated attempt to undercut the EPA is the usual anti-environmentalist pack of lies.
May 08, 2008
Feldstein tells Commerce stop lying as Bush kicks recession down road
Feldstein said the Commerce Department’s much-touted (by itself and the rest of the Bush Administration but nobody else) 0.6 GDP increase in the first quarter is worse than misleading it leads the administration into false comfort, that precludes more aggressive action.
Actually, Feldstein is being too charitable to BushCo. We could have had a negative GDP report and the White House still wouldn’t take aggressive action. Bush is kicking the recession, like Iraq, onto the watch of the next administration.
That said, his generosity or naiveté aside, Feldstein is plenty worried about further housing problems.
Actually, Feldstein is being too charitable to BushCo. We could have had a negative GDP report and the White House still wouldn’t take aggressive action. Bush is kicking the recession, like Iraq, onto the watch of the next administration.
That said, his generosity or naiveté aside, Feldstein is plenty worried about further housing problems.
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