The interplay on Gregg
Judd Gregg withdraws his name for Commerce Secretary and fires off a statement as a first public explanation of why it fell through, seemingly without warning the White House.
Someone on the Dem side decided that was too kind to Gregg, so they leaked that he lobbied for the job, hard.
(And WH spokesman Gibbs echoes this.)
The recriminations aren't over.
Later: Gregg says he's staying in the Senate, but won't seek reelection in 2010. Did some Republican come along with the right job offer to keep him out of the Obama administration?
Later: Yes. This is intended and executed to damage the Obama administration as much as possible.
Someone on the Dem side decided that was too kind to Gregg, so they leaked that he lobbied for the job, hard.
Gregg "sat with [Obama], said he wanted the job, knew his policies and erratically dropped out without warning," said the source, minutes after the Republican senator announced his withdrawal from consideration.
(And WH spokesman Gibbs echoes this.)
The recriminations aren't over.
Later: Gregg says he's staying in the Senate, but won't seek reelection in 2010. Did some Republican come along with the right job offer to keep him out of the Obama administration?
Later: Yes. This is intended and executed to damage the Obama administration as much as possible.
posted by mikevotes at
3:29 PM
4 Comments:
I told you Gregg was an asshole.
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-epm, at 7:20 PM
Yup.
You definitely win on that bet.
You may have to appropriate my frequently used Cornyn phrase.
Try it out.
"My state's shame Judd Gregg."
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mikevotes, at 9:28 PM
It crossed my mind when I was writing my comment.
By
-epm, at 10:14 PM
Yeah. I know the feeling.
It's bad enough when your Senator is a jackass on the state level, but when his jackassery reaches the national level, it's a whole different feeling.
By
mikevotes, at 7:45 AM
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