Gregg Withdrawal Embarrasses White House

So what are they planning to do? Have ACORN administer the 2010 census? Count people like they are counting votes in Minnesota? No wonder Gregg withdrew. Shame on the Obama Adminstration for politicizing the census.

GERRYMANDERING INDEED.

“If they won’t play by MY rules, I’m just gonna take my ball and GO HOME!” Gregg is going home because he feels Republicans have been “shut out”??? WHO SHUT THEM OUT??? Republicans – like Gregg himself – want to play by their own rules EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE LOST. They are like a B-Ball team that wants to keep shooting after the buzzer, and threatens to forfeit if they are not allowed to do so!!!

it’s an embarrassment to both men.
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Says Who? It’s an embarrassment to Gregg for sure. Should be an embarrassment to The GOP. Can’t be relied on GOP.

Did Gregg just wake up??? SHAME ON HIM!

This is an Incompetent President and he has no comprehension as to the magnitude of the issues involved. This is embarrasing. Bring back Bush!

Gregg embarrassed the administration? I think the administration is doing a very good job of embarrassing itself!
Hey, Obama: where is that promised FIVE DAYS to examine any bill??? Why is this being rushed through with no time for examination when it’s the future of our country at stake??
Never mind. We know the answer.

What is so wrong in having a census? I would have expected any sensible government to do this in order to budget accurately and have an adequate estimate of the population.
Are you blind to the fact that the country has a high % of illegal immigrants
I don’t understand why Gredd backed out I would have thought being a key player would help shape the policies.
It is early days – I don’t think the WH should be embarrassed I think it has just confimed one of the President’s promise – change has indeed come to WH. Let the Clean up operation begins.
ALL CORRUPT POLITITIANS HAD BETTER PACK THEIR BAGS AND LEAVE NOW _ NO MORE ENRON. NO MORE PEN BEHIND THE EAR.
I pray the President sticks to his agenda and policies. May the Good Men and Women arise

Mr President please stop getting on board people who never wanted you to become president in the first place because they will only succeed to see you fail.

Posting by CW- What scandals are you talking about ?Obama’s administration is not sinking baby –it is moving straight ahead. Some Republicans are trying to stop the Obama machine but they can’t so they are upset. Obama tried to extend the olive branch but now he sees that for the most part it was a waste of time. The Republicans are no longer the fat cats-but The Obama machine is in town and will not bother with those Repulicans again. He has learned fast that you cannot trust most of them. But he got that stimulus package passed without much of their support. They are mad about that too. Like I said there is a new sherrif in town-get used to it. Gregg couldn’t deal with so he had go. Next!!

Dude! Finding a commerce secretary seems to be harder than getting the stimilus bill sorted. Offer the position to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He would be a powerful spokesperson for bipartisanship.

With all the ObamaBillions, I like the Centralized database of everyones Health records. Now they can have the Census and your Health Records all in one nice neat Place. But they would never abuse it – NO.. Just ask that Joe the Plumber guy, that Obama supporter, she didnt illegaly dig up information on him and feed it to the Press, – Nope, didnt happen…..

This is the second time I have become disappointed in Judd Gregg. I live in New Hampshire and have followed the careers of both Judd and his father. His father was a Republican but a moderate one…he reached across the aisle…. and Judd was too ….for a while. And even though, I considered myself a Democrat (which used to be rare in NH) I voted for Judd a number of times. But then Cheney/Rove/Bush came along. I believe this was when Judd turned and became a more strident and partisan. He also began, I believe, to enjoy the trappings of power in the Senate with a Republican administration. Many of his positions became in lock step with the administration especially with Cheney’s energy policy. This was my first disappointment. But then came 2009. I thought maybe …with his acceptance of the position of Commerce Secretary that he was embracing the spirit of this election ….that of working together …..that he could be part of a vision of hope. But, I believe some of his old Republican cronies got to him. He is now too entrenched in the old partisan ways. He cannot break out of his comfort box. It is too bad. And finally, he is out of step with New Hampshire now. The state is different. We have changed, Judd, and you have not. We are looking to the future and unfortunately, Judd, you are stuck in the past. It is too bad.

Somewhere in the world, a muslim country is missing its biggest idiot.

Also – Can the Job description and role of commerce secretary be advertised – I am certain ther are more credible people in the Private Sector with innovative and fresh ideas – I think the President have played the big part by inviting the Republicans and they have only proved to a former Republican (me) that they do not have the Country’s best interest.
Are we forgetting the current mess so soon. Please don’t blame the President – he has only been in post for 3 weeks and in my opinion he is doing a fantastic job.
I pray that God continues to bless him and his family.

It should not as embarrass as the Judas withdrawal, though!

Obama wants the Republicans that he nominated to vote with him on the issues like the stimulus.
Senator Gregg refused to do that.
I am glad that he stood by his principles.

A sniveling, self-righteous Republican gets his knickers in a knot and declines nomination for a cabinet position by a Democrat – declines an “across-the-aisle” gesture – and you Republicans somehow think it is OBAMA’S FAULT??? Next you’ll be saying it was all FDR’s “fault” that that nice fellow Adolf lost the war! I’ve heard of denial before, but y’all are paddling up an Egyptian river without a boat!

Just a point of information….we are all blogging….Obama is trying to lead a nation.
Get a life….it’s been less than one month.
Put your energy somewhere else….like volunteer in a school or senior center. Focus your energy where it will have some positive impact. I am responding to those that spend WAY too much time (per Palin…in their PJs) giving their ever important opinion on everything and anything.
Turn off your computer, walk away, go outside and breathe, find your soul.

Kat _ “Somewhere in the world, a muslim country is missing its biggest idiot”
Go and get an education -if this is all you have to say I say Shame on you.
I bet ypu are still stucked somewhere between the 11th and 12th grade

The headline:
“Gregg Withdrawal Embarrasses White House”
The comment in the article:
“Now, however, it’s an embarrassment to both men.”
And by the way… embarrassed?
These people have thicker skin than that.
My guess is some of Gregg’s Republican buddies have the photos….. :-)

America is finally viewing the true and disgusting Republican traits. These are despicable and reprehensible traitors to the common good of America. They are happily and with uncommon glee,trying to hurt every citizen,and worsen the economical situation.Except their own elitist, tightly sheltered cronies and kin. If Abe Lincoln were alive today,he would be deeply ashamed,and sad at what has become of his once noble party!I’m so sick of these repulsive and selfish SOB’s!

Gregg is a real winner. He only offers himself for the job to get at the Census then when that’s taken from him he throws a hissy fit, hatches a plan with McConnell and Senate Republicans and flat-out embarrasses his president. How sweet…
http://www.political-buzz.com/

Remember Helen Jones Kelly? No? She was the Public Employee and Obama Supporter who rifled thru Joe the Plumbers records so Barack Obama could slander him on the campaign trail after Joe gave him a Obie a run for his money. Well, Helen is now eying a job in DC, working at the Census and Health records department! So, if you get in a beef with Obama, watch out, Helen Jones will be there to dig up the smut on you and give it to her Boss. This is the way the Democrats operate and then they come on the boards and say nasty things about republicans while wonderiong why there is no bipartisanship.

Obama is ruining this country.
Impeach him now!

George,
Be more realistic. It’s not a matter of embarrassment to the Smartest PB0 or the dumb Judd (any normal parents would give their child a name Judd? Duh.)
It’s all because Macbeth at the Ford. Man, it took only 2 hours for it to prove true.

Probably they are planning on Acorn doing the census. That’s not funny.
Obama deserves to be embarrassed. He spends most of his time talking out of his rear end, just like today, when he tried running Caterpillar company and had to be corrected by the CEO.
If Obama knew half of what he thinks he knows, he’d be less dangerous. He’s an idiot.

Gregg can avoid working in an administration that’s going to go down in history as a flop. I don’t blame him one bit.

Somewhere in the world, a muslim country is missing its biggest idiot.
Posted by: Kat | Feb 12, 2009 8:00:24 PM
Hilarious!

This is becoming like Murphy Brown’s secretary…pretty soon Obama’s gonna have to put a (fake) skeleton in the secretary seat and say he found it in the closet.

Mike…where do you get your numbers? 70% back this president? Sounds like you have added alcohol to that kool aid.

First when some Republicans say things like he is a muslim and say racist slures against Obama it only make you look like a idiot. I am a Obama supporter and do atleast know that these idiots do not represent the GOP.
Now I think Gregg was pressured to step down. He knew enough about Obama and his policies when he accepted so this is just more stupid bipartison playing. I say Obama should quit toying and picking republicans. Pick Dems as he won the election. The Republicans had their eight years.

You know listening to Hannidy, Rush and Savage today, one would say these guys really want Obama to fail. They are hurting the economy with their Obama bashing as people run on perception and these guys are nothing but negitive and will scare consumers out of spending.
In saying that I do not want the ” Fairness Act”. I wish we had atleast one Liberal media talk show here but we only have the big Republican three. I do not think the Gov should tell media outlets what they must do. That would be the beginning of the end and Obama stomped McCain even with Rush, Hannidy and Savage, the three big idiots.

I cant help to believe that every CEO that they just questioned are republican. Makes you wonder why.

Obama is the embarrassment !!!

Greg didn’t want the commerce dept before he tried to get rid of it altogether when he was senator.
where would the census be done then? Republicans ran the census before maybe obama wants it done CORRECTLY this time. Come on Republicans you lost control so get over it. Name calling is really starting to make you look stupid.

The census should be a strictly, independent, statistical effort.
Sad to see Obama politicising the census and trying to manipulate it.

CAT CEO calls DOH Bama a LAIR
Families of uss cole bombing pressing Obama for 911 style investigation, DOH BAMA looks the other way
Democrats promise to post stimulus bill online for public to view.. then back out as cowards

Can’t you just feel the Chicago Democratic ideology spreading?

There are some serious dumb-f*** democrap liberals posting here

Nearly 70% of the people in this country supports our President. If posting negative comments makes you losers feel better have at it. It’s going to be a long 8 years.
Posted by: Mike | Feb 12, 2009 8:49:09 PM
And GWB had a 90% + approval rating after 9/11 but finished his Presidency in the 30% range, which basically means Obama’s 70% approval means absolutely nothing to long term success.

Judd Gregg—wanted the job and he was the one lobbied for the job in the first place. It was in the President Obama’s spirit of bi-partisanship that nominated Gregg.It’s hard to do anything with Republicans these days—they are so used to tearing down our country—they don’t know anything else. What’s left of GOP is increasingly out of touch with American public and extremist; damning our country and equally self destructive.

cw: Either you don’t know the definition of the word scandel or you’re just quoting Hannity or both.

jhw539,
Obama is manipulating the census by letting his political operative Rahm emmanuel to seize control of the 2010 census.
Constitutionally the role of administering the census goes to the Commerce Secretary but Obama wants his political operative in charge of it.

Greg h: “Obama is manipulating the census by letting his political operative Rahm emmanuel to seize control of the 2010 census.
Constitutionally the role of administering the census goes to the Commerce Secretary but Obama wants his political operative in charge of it.”
No, Constitutionally the role of administering the enumeration (census) DOES NOT GO TO THE COMMERCE SECRETARY. The constitution is publicly available and a pretty quick read – do you think people would just blithely believe your lies?
Secondly, the Commerce Secretary serves at the pleasure of and under the direct reporting to the President. Obama did not need to ‘seize’ control of the census, the President has had it for well over a century now.
Thirdly, the Consitution does NOT put the Commerce Secretary in charge of the census. I know I have mentioned this before, but it was such a jaw-droppingly big lie I thought it deserved repeating.

Hiring crooks, tax cheats, and lobbyist doesn’t embarrass B.O…. but a guy simply changing his mind does….. what’s wrong with this picture…hummmmmm

Gregg does’nt like to join the Obama cabinet that is OK. Another one is better.

better all these losers leave obama now rather than later… obviously gregg figured out that obama means business with his direction and gregg had to support him or get out… obama has already given way to much to the right wing with nothing in exchange… i hope that obama is drawing lines which are forcing some of these fake leaders (democrat and republicans alike) to leave before they get fired or die from embarassment!

I don’t think it was an ugly Republican unwilling to work with Obama. I think he was a moderate Rebublican who found himself surrounded by a staff of uncompromising extreme left wing ideologues. He knew it was futile. Obama’s is probably still trying to find out what happened.

Another republican acting loke a smaal child. Its much easier to bring nothing to the table and critisize all ideas.

Obama is in over his head and realizes now that he has very little influence or power. He will have to learn his place just like every other president has.

I hear little Georgie has daily policy strategy staff meetings with the B.O. people…. is that true Georgie ???

It’s not uncommon for anyone to turn down a job, or a position. It’s being made into something more than what it is. Fact is, Gregg is a stinking, vomit licking, toe-tapping, bathroom stall hiding, bombing baby killer, male intern child screwing horse’s arse. Much like all Republicans. Life goes on poor Republicans. You lost, get over it, and this time you lost fair and square. Obama will succeed, there is no doubt about that, and with a little luck the Republican party will go the way of the Fascists of Italy, and the Nazi’s of Germany.
Posted by: ronnierayjenkins | Feb 12, 2009 9:31:43 PM>>>>>>You may be right. I read an article on political website that tracks the registered voters in our country. They reported that 5% of Republicans have switched to Democrats since the election. This trend, if it continues will amount to nearly 15% more Republicans dropping out of their party to become Dems. or Libs. before the end of this year. In four years this could amount to nearly a 30% decrease in Republican voters by 2012.

There is an old saying about giving an idiot enough rope and he will hang himself. It may be that President Obama simply does not wish to be remembered as the president who utterly destroyed the Republican Party – and yet he realizes that it has to GO. So by giving these Republicans enough rope so that they can wrap it firmly around their own necks and then jump, he is simply getting rid of a major problem without ever firing a shot!
Republicans are a bunch of lemmings: threatened with exposure as the thick and crooked idiots they really are, they simply run into the sea and drown themselves. Newt did it. DeLay did it. Nixon did it. Now Gregg is following his leaders.

As for Hannity Rush and all the other extreme right wing -Of course they will want the President to fail – Don’t you know where all their hefty salaries comes from.
They talk about President Obama like they all belong to the same class – they are all cowboys/Joe the Plumber who have done well in promoting their very narrow views about the World.
All I am looking forward to is for President Obama to grow into that role gracefully, with integrity and bring back a much deserved credibility to the White House
I am an eternal optimist and that is why I am supporting the President – my moral views still remains conservative.
I pray for him and his family everyday that God continues to give them all the Wisdom of Solomon and that the love of Christ be continually shed abroad their heart

-FOURTH NOMINEE for Commerce Secty. is coming soon.
-THREE TAX EVADERS nominated in the cabinet.
-AWARDING-CONTRACT IRREGULARITY LAWSUIT ON RIchardson.
**This all happened within a month, and coming from people who criticized McCains vetting process.

This is not an embarrassment to Obama. It makes Gregg look like a spineless idiot who caved in to his party. It’s a known fact that he campaigned for the job. The republicans need to grow up!

- Americans just elected an on-the-job-trainee-president.

Brent: “Obama is in over his head”; YOU WISH ! ! Now take Bush 2; there was a guy in over his head. Anyone who can’t see that simply doesn’t want to deal with actual facts. But who needs facts when you can have surrogate talk show hosts developing as much division and fear as possible. They, and many others, know that many didn’t want a black POTUS and for them, any lame excuse to be critical is good enough. Bloggers on this site prove this rountinely

“This is an Incompetent President and he has no comprehension as to the magnitude of the issues involved. This is embarrasing. Bring back Bush!” ….Another inmate escaped from the mental institution. There is no embarrassment for the WH since they figured Gregg was a mature adult who wouldn’t be wishy washy in his decision making process. For all we know, he was sent in on a setup.

george. george. george!
WHEN are you going to stop with the inflamatory headlines? the SHOCKgotcha distortions?
is the white house embarrassed by judd’s flipflop? not hardly – once again, this administration tried to work with the obstructionist party only to have one of its own play for the cameras and dramatically withdraw by calling a presser to upstage President Obama’s speech at the catepillar plant.
this was political theatre at its worst – once again orchestrated by republican puppets who are following the limbaugh wishline – hoping this administration fails (taking the rest of the nation and globe with it, i might add!)
and, you, george dearest, fall hook, line and sinker every time! but, then, you aren’t above your own political theatrics either, are you.
if you ever take the blinders off and stop drinking the koolaid, perhaps you would be able to develop some analytical sense of this ugly political game going on in d.c. – oh. i forgot. you are a master player of that game – opportunistic to the core.
ugh.
why do i read your columns – must be masochism. i really must stop!

nobias: Every first term president is an on the job trainee. What’s GWB’s excuse for being one in his second term?

it’s an embarrassment to both men.
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Says Who? It’s an embarrassment to Gregg for sure. Should be an embarrassment to The GOP. Can’t be relied on GOP.
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Actually, if you understood Gregg’s reasons for declining the position, I’m guessing you’d understand why Obama should be embarrassed, not Gregg.

so much for that olive branch you know folks it has dawned on me while back that those folks were not happy with new president and it seems to me that from now on out he should pick democrats then you never know now would you I thought that everyone was on board but I can clearly see that there are some unhappy democrats who did not want him to be president im very disapointed in my party

It’s sad that you have all of these posters taking personal attack against our President just because they did not vote for the guy. I haven’t always voted for the democratic party but if they won I never hoped that they would fail. People who get their opinions for how the world works from Talk radio are losers, including most of the republicans in congress. Why do yo hate America?

Gregg finally realized this stimulus bill is going to fail and fail miserably. It is going to be a huge mistake in US history. Gregg doesn’t want to be blamed for any part of it. He now knows he was picked so the Obama team could deflect the certain public disapproval fallout in his direction.
Where is BHO’s million dollar smile now?

Senators and Representatives work for their parties interest because it is unlikely they will get reelected if they don’t. Second priority is to do whatever they can to help the groups that provided the most support in their election. The needs of Americans comes in a distant third because they all know they can fool us with distorted facts about themselves and their opponent. There might be five people in each party that puts us higher that third priority. No president will ever be able to break the power of the two parties because they control the rules of elections. So blame it on the other side if you want, but if your were truthful, you would have to admitt that the party you stick up for is just as bad. The majority party is trying to lock at the minor party just like they have for decades. Even in critical times like this, they are still playing political games instead of combining the best ideas of both parties. This situation is not going to change until we start throwing out the senior people of both parties.

My God, what are republicans good for. All the while since Obama hasbeen elected they have been onestupid problem after another. Wishing America would fail, getting in teh way, blocking what he was voted to do, and now backing out when he’s trying to reach out to them. Ya know, out with the lot of them!!! Every last one! Can’t wait till midterm elections with memories of Rush hoping we fall into a Depression and republicans being obstructionists every freakn day. Seriously, not one single day has gone by without one republican or another either wishing for a terrorist attack, or whining about something, or wishing America ill in one way or another. NOt one day. Let’s see if we can get through tommorrow without a stupid republican causing some sort of a problem. Freakn cry babies. Shut up already. Like a pack of old ladies.

Gee! Mike from Carolina-it is to define a liberal–He-or she is one who wants government bureaucrats to decide what we can hear on radio (not the people through ratings -8 of the 10 top rated radio talk shows are conservative. Air America–the major liberal effort was a total ratings disaster). He-or she is also one who regularly threw insults and epithets -like fascist- at President Bush, but whose man in the White House now is sucking the census department from the Commerce Dept. into the White House for what most certainly will be fascistic tampering by the notorious political partisans there.

What do you expect? The guy is fron New Hampshire. They JUST got rid of tokens at toll booths LAST YEAR!! I think they are the last ones in the entire industrialized world to hear about wireless technology. And they do not have helmet laws, because, it’s so important to be free and splatter your grey matter all across the Spauldine Turpike at rush hour,as I have seen one too many times. The biggest event in all of NH is Biker week!! someone gets killed at it every year, no fail. Yup, it’s Vermont’s bastard brother. Neeewww hampshire! the hick haven of the north east! YEEEhaw!

Party first before country. What a shame…..

The census was already political. Why would republican want to cut the funding of it if it would advantage democrats. I don’t care either way. Just fix the damn economy and shut up about it. Noone has the answers. If anyone on here did I don’t think they would be on here. It would be nice if everyone would just drop the parties and work together. Just try it, they might like it. But unless the like democrats ruling Republicans better wake up all they said about fixing the economy is what they’ve been saying for years and that is why I didn’t vote R this year. Taxes, Taxes they should have saved the money and not campaigh or do new ads. Just run the ones from the past 15years. Come on guys get original for a change, you could also “change”. We are wanting to beieve in it.

So Obama extends an invitation across the aisle and the Repubs are too invested in their childish political games to try to solve the problems of the country? So who should be embarrassed? Time to act like big boys and girls and help do whatever it takes to fix this mess. Anyone who is more loyal to some mindless party schtick than they are to to their constitutionally designated obligations as an elected official doesn’t deserve to hold office. I’m disappointed by all the Republicans who are actually hoping this administration will fail. Success, regardless of who is the executive, is the only hope for all of us. I will never vote Republican again after watching this shameful behavior. Clearly, they are not thinking about the people who are suffering out here, only the people who vote for them. We are in trouble here. Stop thinking about your future political career and start thinking about the country.

jhw539,
Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution provides for an “actual enumeration” and a statute passed by Congress provides that the duties under this clause are to be performed by the secretary of commerce.
So it is clear census responsibilities come under Commerce Secretary.
Why are you intentionally misleading and lying about it?
Obama wanted Gregg to be commerce secretary but did not trust him with the census??
Then why on earth would Gregg accept the job??? No decent person would.

Deacon: Just as I suspected, you really don’t know the difference between a definition and a metaphor (example of things alike).

Obama wanted Gregg to be commerce secretary but did not trust him with the census??
Then why on earth would Gregg accept the job??? No decent person would.
Posted by: Greg h | Feb 12, 2009 11:13:00 PM
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Obama kept Gregg unaware until after the fact. He’s slick, that one.
So many question(marks)! And nary a word about Obama’s unconstitutional power grab!

I think it’s time for President Obama to stop trying to bring the republicans into the fold! It’s obvious that the republican party is trying it’s best to continue to keep the U.S. in the toilet, while Obama is trying to save this country. It’s time to let the GOP go straight into the crapper!

No bias88″FOURTH NOMINEE for Commerce Secty. is coming soon.
-THREE TAX EVADERS nominated in the cabinet.
-AWARDING-CONTRACT IRREGULARITY LAWSUIT ON RIchardson”
I am glad it is happening – CHANGE HAS COME TO THE WH
ALL REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE TAKE NOTE – FILE IN YOUR TAX RECORDS AND ALL YOU REPUBLICAN BANKERS – PAY BACK THE BONUSES”!!!
And another thing – If anyone has an idea of where I can find the alternative of the Stimulus Plan that the Republicans proposed, can they please let me know. I need to have an analytical comparison – Thank you

If Obama has not yet learned a lesson flirting with these GOP snakes for the sake of bi-partisanship, then he is in for a long ride. Stop being Mr. nice guy president. The Republicans would like to see you fail. Leave them aside. Look for loyal candidates who are committed to working for the good of the country.

I admire Gregg for this move. 1) It’s obvious that Obama has a “it’s my way or the highway” idea of leadership. He has been very critical of the GOP for wanting to debate the stimulus bill. Why? Something of this magnitude SHOULD be debated………. 2) When Gregg decided to accept this nomination, he probably had NO idea that Obama would be trying to have the census information sent directly to him (against previous practice). Apparently once Gregg found out about this plan, he wanted no part of it and left.
Very refreshing for a politician to step aside from something rotten, even if they could have stood to gain personally from it (a cabinet position). Good for Gregg!!

Pammy: Rush Limbaugh has that plan. It calls for larger tax breaks for the bankers and CEO’s so they can get another trillion to re-invest in trickle down investments in America, since the first trillion they took under Bush, is in their off shore bank accounts in Lichtenstein, Cayman Islands and Bermuda. As for Gregg, glad to see him go. One less headache for President Obama.

Jeff: Richardson – quitter = loser. Saw that he might be going on trial so he panicked and didn’t know what to do. Daschle – quitter = loser. Saw that he didn’t pay his taxes and didn’t know what to do…….see how what you said about Gregg fits a Dem name as well? OH – EXCEPT in this THIS case, with Gregg, HE didn’t do anything wrong. He just didn’t want to be part of wrong doing.

Pammy: Any ideas on how the we are going to pay for the Stimulus plan?……………….And to everyone bashing Gregg – were you this hard on all the Dems who have withdrawn from nomination to a cabinet post? Or are you still feeling threatened by the party that lost?

Judd Gregg did not embarrass the White House – he embarrassed himself and the entire Republican Party. Do you really think President Obama and his administration were not smart enough to see right through this ruse, no doubt, hatched by the Repugs.
Republicans want control over the census – period! Gregg’s becoming Commerce Secretary would have given them their “in” for that control. Historically, Republicans have improved their own legislative percentages after redistricting based on census figures.
Guess their little plan backfired…hee!

Sally – “hee!”. There’s many flaws in your idea of GOP scheme to control the census through placing Gregg in the Commerce position. 1) Obama wants the census info sent directly to him, which has never happened before. If Obama had asked a Dem and not Gregg, he wouldn’t have had to change the rules and go through the fuss of wanting the info sent to the White House. He would have been able to control things via the Dem he gave the Commerce job to……2) if Gregg actually did have that plan, to get the job to manipulate the census, and Obama had to come up with a change in rules to avoid that – then that makes Obama look like the dumb one, not Gregg. I mean really, shouldn’t have Obama seen that one coming, if it were true? So while you will apparently create even the wildest of scenarios to keep Obama looking like a genius, unfortunately in this case your scenario of a secret GOP plan is implausible – and makes Obama look worse. Nice try though. Hee!

Rush Limbaugh. I will never understand why people throw brains away and listen to that guy. He has one year of state college, where he flunked everything. The rest of the time he’s been on radio bashing people, making ghastly comments for kicks, and he cant keep a marraige. That’s it! That’s his life story! He’s not a leader, he has no cause but to hate, he’s fought in no war, has held no public office, he’s a filthy rich elitist, your basic a cult leader preaching to a captive audience, by including them on his viscious hate tirades, kinda like Hitler did. Its no way to be. Turn him off America. Learning things about our world history, geography, economy, environment, technology, sociology, math, and science is much harder and filled with difficult truths…it’s not as fun, that’s why he flunked out…but simply listening to talk radio that makes you feel good through incessant mocking and attacking others is no education and no way to waste your life.

The census is a straw dog here, as it is common practice for the WH regardless of party, to lean towards under counting constituents who do not reliably vote their way. The Census folks know precisely the difficulty in counting urban/minority populations, they understand where others are undercounted in rural areas, and they are accustomed to this perennial fight. It counts for Congressional races, which is why it is hotly contested.
As for this withdrawal, forgive me, but can’t they do anything right with this Cabinet? And where is Rahm Emmanuel who should be able to steer the political ship, handle Congress and avoid these rookie mistakes and the arrogance, cynicism or naivete which accompanies each of them. Rockie indeed, it is ludicrous.

Two reasons he “doesn’t fit”. One is he payes his taxes on time. And the other is he’s not an elitist, or lobbyist. We all know this pr1ck of a president can’t have anyone in his cabinet that doesn’t have a closet full of skeletons!

Apparently, Mr. Stephanopoulos was not trusted with the entire story of why would Judd Gregg tarnish himself?
Perhaps a little humiliation now is the wise choice to being ruined by what these Obama actions are going to bring on America.
Why should Judd Gregg ruin himself and be blamed by Barack Obama as this entire scandal of the Obama Ponzie Scheme impoverishes America longer and more deeply.
The day will come when the loud mouths who in fear of the loss of Obama clout as they gain personal psychological self esteem from the victory of another, will like many in Obama’s gigantic coming failures, long for the day George W. Bush made it look so easy, even with liberals attacking him daily.
God bless

How about asking one of the GOP senators who backed Democrats in the Stimulus Bill? I guess both Penn and Maine are controlled by Democratic governors! Obama could ask Kathleen Sebelius and fill the vacancy quickly.If he wants a Republican, pick Linda Lingle of Hawaii who is fiscally conservative but socially moderate.

New Hampshire would NOT vote for Gregg in 2010 anyway.
Gregg will join the whining Republicans who have learned nothing after trashing this Nation during the last 8 years.

Embarrassment for the WH? You’re an idiot, Georgie.

@ sally
Rangel, Murtha, Richardson, Blago, Spitzer, McGreevey, Edwards, Reid, Pelosi, with many more democrats to come, Im democrat but these idiots need to go, its time for term limits

This is hilarious.
FEAR, says Obama…FEAR!!!

Obama,
Just quit trying to please the GOP=Greased Over Politicians, man, these guys don’t love you and they are the reason America is hated around the world. The Bush Admin bankrupt america and most of the world and now they don’t want to take part in the cleanup, because they would have to admit that their “Contract with America” was as shady an ARM by Country Wide. These clowns have nothing left, I mean they are such cowards they threw Sarah Failin Pailin at you and she won’t even come to their convention, or even come to Texas to support the canidate she endorse for gov. They know they suck, but their heads are too far up their rears to see it.

Obama nominates Gregg for Commerce, then 2 days later decrees that Rahm’s gonna oversee the Census. For Dems having a tough time grasping the significance of that, imagine Bush declaring Karl Rove Census Director.
If BO figured (like the CBO does) that the Pelosi/Reid payoff bill won’t do jacksh*t to restore the economy, why not have a Republican in charge of Commerce? Then the blame for its failure’s ‘bipartisan’.
$800B for 4 million jobs = $200,000 per job! Wake up, America.

BREAKING NEWS .. ….”Due to the recent economic crises, stock market crash, budget cuts,rising unemployment, unstable world conditions, outsourcing of business, the cost of insurance, electricity, petroleum and taxes of all kinds,we regret to advise you that the “Light at the End of the Tunnel” has been turned off.”

geek you must be an Independent. Your post was intelligent, and well thought out.

Ken – PA is controlled by a democratic governor “fast Eddie” Rendell. He has spent our state into near bankruptcy. He had this strange idea that gambling could fund our schools, but the only thing gambling has funded is his friends pockets. And our esteemed Senator who voted with the Democrats has always been a democrat-in-disguise. It didn’t surprise me at all that he voted with them.

oh -and if Specter were to take a position in the Obama White House, I’m sure fast-Eddie would appoint ol’ Midge (his wife) to the senate seat.

I just have a quick question. Why is that just because some of you think that Bush messed up, it excuses Obama from any missteps? Two wrongs don’t make a right so quit measuring Obama by that scale. It’s been going on on these boards since the primaries. Bush is gone and we need to move on. If Obama fails, it won’t be Bush’s fault. Got that?

“- oh – that’s fast-Eddie’s wife, not Arlen’s wife (his wife’s name is Joan).”
I wonder what Joan thinks of Arlen since he left his balls at the WH.

Just reading the liberal’s posts shows you what is wrong with this country. When accused of obvious gerrymandering, they react by…attacking Republicans. Democrats are FASCISTS – everything they used to despise. When it comes to dirty politics, stealing elections and voter fraud – Democrat beat Republicans by a mile. Then they get mad when we call them anti-American. Hey, liberals, you are all ANTI-AMERICAN.

Right after Gregg was asked (and Gregg accepted) they changed his job description by taking away the Census. I am surprised Gregg did not withdraw earlier. The WH has to take most of the blame.

Gregg campaigned for the job for a reason. Guess after he saw he wasn’t gonna be able to manipulate things like he wanted he quit. Good riddance. Hopefully this has proved to President Obama that most in the GOP are partisan hacks.

Liberals never cease to amaze me. They are by far the most narrow minded individuals I have ever come across. Maybe liberalism is a mental disorder.
We have a two party system. We the people vote in who we want to represent us in the house and senate. It is our representatives job to look out for our interests. Am I going slow enough for you to understand? The Republicans who are not going along with Obama are doing what their constituents are asking, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO!!! You liberals would be screaming bloody murder if your Democratic representatives went along with everything the Republicans wanted, now wouldn’t you?

Meryl -”Pammy @ 7:48 Are you truly as ignorant as your post suggests?
…implying that Gregg was opposed to a simple census???”
In response to your posting I would suggest that the foundational problem is to do with working with old data.
As an accountant I find that reporting on companies historical cost can at times be misleading etc
My take on Gregg is not with the census-he mentioned that view as part of his reasons – my concern is as a man of integrity which he must be (he has spent the best part of his life in politics putting country first) he should have been quick to detect what he calls the “fit”
And on my choice of Party vote – I am conservative (moral views) liberal in my views when it comes to ensuring that every citizen lives a good life by giving them the opportunity.
Interested 08 – Your question on how all these will be paid for -
For now, no plan is to plan to fail.
I will be checking the “Recovery” web site as suggested by the President – to see how the money is being spent.
As a citizen of the human race I don’t exactly mind paying an extra dollar to see my fellowman advance in life. I am living the good life.
Yes it is a fact that the Republicans lost but you see I have always rated them as as “special breed” hence my disappointment. Perphaps I was secretly hoping that they might gain some moral high ground.
All in all – I will continue to pray that all that divides us leads to a fruitful and productive legacy for those coming after us.
Obama’s choir.

In November 2008 Americans went to the polls and elected Barack Obama President of the United States. At the same time numerous Republicans were drop kicked out of office signaling a rejection of the failed policies of the Bush Administration and the sheep who obeyed his every command some call Senators. The presidential race was not close, McCain lost in a big way and many typical Republican states went Democrat for the first time in decades. The Republicans ran a good race championed by a guy off the street named Joe the Plumber (actually never bothered to get a plumbing license) and Sarah Palin who froze when asked by a TV journalist “what books do you read? “.Democrats control the House, the Senate and the Presidency. The Republican Party is in disarray scrambling to find a new platform having lost any ###ociation with fiscal responsibility, controlled spending or small government. Our Country will move forward with sound leadership and wisdom replacing the years of corruption and uncontrolled spending led by a morally bankrupt administration.The Republican leaders and voters are in the minority. They are in fact the minority party having been rejected by the vast majority of Americans. Three of the Republican Senators realize this and have worked very hard to draft a bill that represents some of the good ideas of the party and managed to cut some unnecessary spending out of the bill making it a better bill than what came out of the House. The rest of the Republican Senators sat on their #### and whined about what they didn’t like unable to accept the reality that they are in the minority party and will not be calling the shots for a long long time. Although you certainly wouldn’t know it from reading the comments on this message board the majority of Republicans are focused on their concerns about our economy and the future of our Country having accepted that the candidate they voted for did not win but putting aside the damaging partisan politics of the past, hoping and praying that our new government will find a way to restore America’s economy and build a future for ourselves and our children.Unfortunately, the rest are resolved to whine about a President who’s been in office for less than a month, give economic recommendations based on the one economics course they took in high school many years ago, throw out bitter, vailed comments rooted in racism, rewrite history to show things in a much more favorable light as it relates to the prior administration, somehow cook up some BS blaming President Clinton for everything even thought he left office almost 10 years ago, parrot some crap they learned from Fox News or the fat #### on the radio, or become profits of doom based solely on the fact that Democrats are in office. For those who chose to take the low road, I can only speak for myself but I imagine I speak for many more-GET A LIFE.

Isn’t it strange how everyone sees this differently? I watched Gregg’s speech. He took responsibility for his actions and was respectful to the president.
On the other hand the remarks released by Gibbs seemed spiteful and did not take the high road which I felt reflected poorly on the white house. It’s best to let go gracefully and move on. We can be a better nation with better actions.

This guy has an ABRAMOFF CONNECTION!..His staff was involved..It broke last Friday but no one pushed it…Explains why he will not run in 2010 , too!

Republicans are going to have a big job undoing all the damage Obama and his minion will do to this country in just the first few weeks of his presidency. It’s amazing how stupid liberals sound. Suggesting that Bush’s liberalism and their liberalism are somehow different. What has been missing for many years now is fiscal conservatism and the only question is whether Americans are again ready to actively protect and regain their own freedom and liberties.

It’s an embarrassment to both men? Says who? It’s an embarrassment to Barack Obama. His first 100 days are nothing but horrible……all of his own making.

Jordie, what are you smoking miss? They asked him to be head of commerce then they turn around and take things out of commerce basicly saying they do not trust you. Tell me would you accept that position? Also they did not pull the census out till after they nominated him so don’t try to say he should have something prior. It is Saint O that is all talk here and on other issues. He things just saying so makes it so. Like he is saying how bi-partisan he is, inviting them over for the super bowl and then telling them to vote for his bill is not bi-partisan. It really is a joke.
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“If they won’t play by MY rules, I’m just gonna take my ball and GO HOME!” Gregg is going home because he feels Republicans have been “shut out”??? WHO SHUT THEM OUT??? Republicans – like Gregg himself – want to play by their own rules EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE LOST. They are like a B-Ball team that wants to keep shooting after the buzzer, and threatens to forfeit if they are not allowed to do so!!!
Posted by: Jordan | Feb 12, 2009 7:35:47 PM

I don’t really think anybody lost on this. It would have been handled better if Gregg would have thought this through earlier in the process instead of bowing out this late in the game but I appreciate the manner in which he withdrew his nomination as it was in good character and not critical of the President. If he didn’t feel like he could give 100% to the job it’s best he move on to something else.

Gregg is a wuss! He withdrew over potential differences even though he knew the issues prior to his accepting the position. And just last week he said, “I think the one (stimulus bill) pending is the size we need.” It all smells so fishy. Maybe it’s becuase he’s being investigated for ties to Abramoff. Maybe the scumbag repub party got to him. You know, the party who last week wanted to hang him and today he’s their hero. Whatever the reason, Gregg supported Bush economic policies for eight years. Do we really need someone like that…NO! Bye, bye…good riddance!

Seems Jordie is the typical lefty. They do not get their way and so they start with the name calling. So tell us all Jordie, if someone overed you a job with certain things to do and then after they offered you that top position they said well you will not do this or that because basicly we do not trust you to do it right, would you quick your other job for that one? Be honest if you can, turn the blinders off miss.
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A sniveling, self-righteous Republican gets his knickers in a knot and declines nomination for a cabinet position by a Democrat – declines an “across-the-aisle” gesture – and you Republicans somehow think it is OBAMA’S FAULT??? Next you’ll be saying it was all FDR’s “fault” that that nice fellow Adolf lost the war! I’ve heard of denial before, but y’all are paddling up an Egyptian river without a boat!
Posted by: Jordan | Feb 12, 2009 8:11:25 PM

Your Mother,
Bush may be gone but not the destruction he caused while in office. Obama inherited this mess from Bush and the repubs who are now trying to bury him. Bush is at the center of everyhing going on today so just because he’s gone means nothing. Beleieve me, it’ll be years before we can finally put Bush to rest.

It’s obvious what Gregg and the republicans were trying to do. They wanted controll of the census. When it became clear their plot was derailed, they backed out. President Obama is no fool. He may be new to Washington, but he is familiar with their ways. The republicans bundled this one and they know it.

You forgot the big daddy of them all: Ed “killer” Kennedy. The left loves him but Mary Jo paid with her life. Now Ed is their poster boy. What a joke.
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@ sally
Rangel, Murtha, Richardson, Blago, Spitzer, McGreevey, Edwards, Reid, Pelosi, with many more democrats to come, Im democrat but these idiots need to go, its time for term limits
Posted by: QT of Chattanooga | Feb 13, 2009 4:03:14

Funny pamper, you forget the dems have been controling things for the past two years. You also forget that Old Saint O has been there for the past 4 years and in that time was taking home billions in earmarks. So save me the BS that this is all W’s fault. I would argue he should have been vetoing the spending from the dems the past two years and from republicans prior but save me the BS that Saint O was not part and parcel to whole mess too. He likes to pretend that he just descended down from on high and was not involved in any of what had been going on for the past years. What a joke.
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Your Mother,
Bush may be gone but not the destruction he caused while in office. Obama inherited this mess from Bush and the repubs who are now trying to bury him. Bush is at the center of everyhing going on today so just because he’s gone means nothing. Beleieve me, it’ll be years before we can finally put Bush to rest.
Posted by: pamp205 | Feb 13

Lydia posted “Republicans are going to have a big job undoing all the damage Obama and his minion will do to this country in ——What has been missing for many years now is fiscal conservatism.”
Lydia – Don’t you think this is somewhat diabolical, I don’t know how you came to this conclusion.
It shows what great faith you have in the process of democracy – 8 years to 3 weeks comparison!!!!
As a former Republican I am ready to wait another 8 years to make an effective comparison.
Please watch closely what the President is doing he is exposing what has been so wrong with the country.
At least for starters he has made a very comfotable person like me open up to a wider audience and truly reflect on what really matters to me. Opportunity for all – irrespective of their backgrounds. I am energised when I see the ones that have often been overlooked step up in life.
This is not about Party Politics or which party we subscribe to. This to me is about ensuring that good citizens becoming better and not so good citizens becoming better citizens by being empowered to live a fruitful life.
R

GET A LIFE means becoming part of the solution not the problem. We had fair elections last year and Democrats won the Presidency, control of the House and Senate. Many times in our history Republicans have been in this position and Democrats have held the minority position. Being in the minority party does not mean Republicans have no voice in our government. I vote Democrat now but I don’t think that one political party would be good for our Country. I would like to see the Republican Party rebuild itself on the platform of the 1980s, when I voted Republican -small government, controlled spending, responsible tax cuts, balanced budgets, a far cry from where the party is now. It doesn’t look like the present Republican leadership is heading in that direction. Only three Republicans bothered to represent their party in negotiations for the Stimulus Plan. Just those three made some key changes to the bill which included some good ideas from the party. Where was the Republican leadership. They had just as much time as the Democrats to come up with a Stimulus plan for the Country but they decided that was too risky because then the media could pick it apart just like they have done Obama’s plan. Instead they just sat back on waited on the Democrats to come up with something they could throw stones at. This is not leadership-it’s the cowardly way. I vote for my senators and representatives to get up there and work. I don’t want to hear about why they can’t get anything done because of the other party. I’m not happy with Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi because they didn’t try and present any legislation if they thought it wouldn’t pass. BS-get in there and stand up for what you believe whether it passes or not.
It was ridiculous for the Republican leaders to think that the stimulus bill would consist predominately of their ideas but taking your toys and going home is just doing nothing.
Our Country faces another Depression. Taking a bunch of pot shots at Obama doesn’t do a damn thing for the Country. Try calling your elected leaders and giving them your ideas and encouraging them to find common ground with the majority party is being part of the solution, getting a life. ranting and raving about what might have happened if your guy won is pretty useless and it just pisses people off.

“‘If they won’t play by MY rules, I’m just gonna take my ball and GO HOME!’” Gregg is going home because he feels Republicans have been “shut out”??? WHO SHUT THEM OUT??? Republicans – like Gregg himself – want to play by their own rules EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE LOST. They are like a B-Ball team that wants to keep shooting after the buzzer, and threatens to forfeit if they are not allowed to do so!!!
Posted by: Jordan | Feb
Hey Jordan:
get back to us in 50 years when your grandkids are still paying for the debt and damage incurred by obama. You can however console them by telling them at least they saved the California salt marsh mouse.

People like Gregg are why the Republican party needs to be destroyed. You cannot do business with liberal fascists. They have only one goal: international totalitarian marxism, and they will do anything and say anything to get it. They must be fought with every ounce of strength every step of the way until they are destroyed. The Republican party is a bunch of sellouts who persist in thinking you can do business with liberal nazis. No real conservative, no real American, no real freedom-lover will do business with liberal nazis. Only traitors do business with the liberal nazis.

George St. an Charlie Gibson of ABC are taking this personally. They have been pushing Obama on all their nightly news before the election with the tingling down their legs. They are soo in love with him, and it hurts them, when anything bad happens to their guy.
Yam

This post is too funny there Mark, if you are as you say for smaller government then there is no way on God’s green earth you can be voting dem. So the smoke starting there with that line and then you went on to cry about only 3 rep going to conference. The reason only 3 went is because that is all the dems needed or wanted to get the bill passed. The republican proposals were all voted down on the floor and were not going to be put in the bill under any circumstance. So please tell me how the dems letting Mitch or anyone else in would have change the bill? They did not need nor want his input. That is bi-partisanship you can count on from this admin. All the while he will claim he is being bi-partisan. LOL
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GET A LIFE means becoming part of the solution not the problem. We had fair elections last year and Democrats won the Presidency, control of the House and Senate. Many times in our history Republicans have been in this position and Democrats have held the minority position. Being in the minority party does not mean Republicans have no voice in our government. I vote Democrat now but I don’t think that one political party would be good for our Country. I would like to see the Republican Party rebuild itself on the platform of the 1980s, when I voted Republican -small government, controlled spending, responsible tax cuts, balanced budgets, a far cry from where the party is now. It doesn’t look like the present Republican leadership is heading in that direction. Only three Republicans bothered to represent their party in negotiations for the Stimulus Plan. Just those three made some key changes to the bill which included some good ideas from the party. Where was the Republican leadership. They had just as much time as the Democrats to come up with a Stimulus plan for the Country but they decided that was too risky because then the media could pick it apart just like they have done Obama’s plan. Instead they just sat back on waited on the Democrats to come up with something they could throw stones at. This is not leadership-it’s the cowardly way. I vote for my senators and representatives to get up there and work. I don’t want to hear about why they can’t get anything done because of the other party. I’m not happy with Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi because they didn’t try and present any legislation if they thought it wouldn’t pass. BS-get in there and stand up for what you believe whether it passes or not.
It was ridiculous for the Republican leaders to think that the stimulus bill would consist predominately of their ideas but taking your toys and going home is just doing nothing.
Our Country faces another Depression. Taking a bunch of pot shots at Obama doesn’t do a damn thing for the Country. Try calling your elected leaders and giving them your ideas and encouraging them to find common ground with the majority party is being part of the solution, getting a life. ranting and raving about what might have happened if your guy won is pretty useless and it just pisses people off.
Posted by: Mark S | Feb 13, 2009 10:42:16 AM

Some people just know enough about something to be stupid.
ACORN- been around since 1970 as a non-profit organization to help low and moderate income families find affordable housing and reasonable pay along with other issues which effect people of lower incomes. I’ve been in the mortgage business for 25 years. ACORN has backed a first time homebuyer fixed rate loan for people of lower incomes WITH GOOD CREDIT and stable job history to get into a starter home. All the major banks liked this product and offered it to the community. These were not the 100% bad credit, stated income loans which destroyed our banking system. ACORN has fought for increases in the minimum wage over the years and often been influential in getting it raised. ACORN volunteers were very active in helping out with the rebuilding of New Orleans after the hurricane. ACORN esposed many preditory lending practices that preyed on the elderly, digging them a hole with a rip off interest rate loan and ridiculus fees. ACORN has always been active in registering voters which is the right of every American. In the past election some Acorn workers submitted false ballots which was fraudulant. Any large organization will have bad employees, the instances were rare, considering the size of the organization and the bad workers were kicked out. If you get all your information from FOX News I’m sure you see them as just some front for massive voter fraud because that’s what you want to hear and Fox, like all other news organizations, makes their money off advertising. Stupid is as stupid does.

Someone who would be a good fit with this administration for Commerce Secretary is available………………
……..Rod Blagojevich.

Acorn, lets increase the minium wage to 25 dollars an hour, lets NOT take into account if people pay their bills or their income when giving out home loans,and if lending institutions take income and payment history into account, lets charege them with discrimintation, fine them and put them in jail.

The real story is that Obama convinced Sen Gregg to take the position and then humiliated him with the decision to pull the census into the White House. It was clear at that point that Obama’s White House is going to be a 100% partisan political operation with things done the Chicago Way. Sen Gregg would have been nothing more than an Obamaton with no power and everything of importance either pulled out from under him, or taken over by the White House. So much for Obama’s fake show of being post partisan.

do none of you judd bashers work in corporate america? when power is taken away from you (ie census officals reporting to WH not Commerce Sec) it is a slap in the face!! no businessman would accept that neutering and still sign up to participate in a cabinet that has already yielded multiple scandals? what would he do after he was finished? run again for senator?? there was absolutely no political upside for him staying on board and it was a good decision to step aside…not at all embarrassing that he tried for several weeks to bridge the idiological differences between the new administration and his own beliefs…

I completely blame Barry O for this. Gregg might have originally bought into the concept that Barry was selling, but when the reality of the fact that Barry O has no control over Pelosi or Reid then he, smartly, dumped Barry.
Hey Barry O, see that light in the corner of your eye, it’s your political life going out. That other light in your eye is the soul of our country dying under your administration. Thanks.

George, I’m afraid you have ZERO credibility now as an OBJECTIVE Reporter with regard to ANYTHING related to the WHITE HOUSE!

Who the heck here is defending ACORN???? Mark??? Paleeeze make this 4 years about ACORN! I’m begging you! If this 4 yrs is about ACORN then Obamanation loses big time! Good news is America wins!!!

I hate to say it, but we’ve got a bad president.

It is obvious the GOP don’t get it. They may win a few skirmishes but it will be remembered that when the nation called on them in this crisis they put their political interests before the good of the people. After the last 8 years of record debts now they want to be responsible? Give me break! The GOP should start making friends with a little thing called reality.

Mark S,
GETTING A LIFE… is not at all the issue here. Just because Obama won the election and dems have control of both houses does not mean the oppostion party is suppose dto just cave in to every single demand of the majority party.
One very simple fact that ALWAYS seems to escape this entire discussion. Near 60 Million people DID NOT want Obama as president!
He did win, but not by having 99% of the people behind him!
There will of course be opposition to what Obama & the Democrats will attempt to do.
This is the way our form of government works! So, instead of GET A LIFE, … GET OVER IT & DEAL WITH IT!

Kabookey, I think you are missing the point here- your posting below is a summary of your reflection not mine. Reflect on it again- I have pasted it again for easy access- By the way i am an accountant somehow i try to view things from the country’s GDP output.
My only suggestion would be give you an assignment. Go to the website for stimulus plan – pick on what affects you in your state, try and make a summary of what is going on as the plan unfolds.
In the meantime, I will keep praying that what divides us will heal someday and do my best to leave a good legacy. I won’t be coming back to this point hence the assignment
Goodluck and Godspeed
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The problem is the details there Pammy. YYou seem to be under the assumption that pary politics is about who succeeds and who doesn’t. The devil is the details and what you version of success is all about. Living your own life and being accountable for your actions is my defination of success. You seem to want to qualify it by money. If that is the case where are suggesting the money comes from? Who will foot the bill? Those that play by the rules, do the right things, live within their means. Are those the people that must fuel the others. You know the ones that have 14 kids and expect someone else to do the right thing by them and pay their way. In the end pammy, this is about accountablity and responsibility. Those that are have always found a way to succeed and those that are not have always found a way to blame the man for their plight. In the end those that stumble never look in the mirror and ask why but look and ask who can I blame.
re.

I hope it’s not too late to get Pammys attention, but Pammy, your earlier comment that started “What is so wrong in having a census? I would have expected any sensible government to do this in order to budget accurately and have an adequate estimate of the population.” just shows you don’t have a clue as to what the issue is. Read up on it before you embarrass yourself again. You remind me of Emily Latilda (Gilda Radner) on Saturday Night Live, when it’s pointed out that she’s way off base said, “Oh, that’s different. Never mind”. As I said before the election, they should have a test that people take before they vote.

IMPEACH OBAMA NOW BEFORE HE DOES MORE DAMAGE

BS, George. Judd embarrasses no one but himself. He pushed to get the nomination.
Posted by: BWJ | Feb 13, 2009 1:20:55 PM
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He did not. Jim Manley (Reid’s spokesman) confirmed that Emanuel asked for suggestions for the commerce post and that Reid suggested Gregg.
What is it about progressivism that requires so many lies?

Judas Gregg is a fool who embarrassed nobody but himself and his miserable Republican accomplices. President Obama’s only mistake was supposing he was dealing with a “loyal opposition.” He’s dealing with a bunch of traitors who want him to fail, even though Obama’s failure would badly hurt America.
Rep. Peter Sessions, a Republican from Texas says that the Republicans are now modeling themselves after the Taliban insurgency. If a Democrat had said anything like that during the Bush years, corporate media hacks like Stephanopolous would have attacked them for weeks.
But somehow, they want people to believe that the Republican treachery is somehow Obama’s fault. Obama’s approval ratings indicate that the public isn’t buying the crap that Stephanopolous is peddling.

What Stephie won’t tell you is that Gregg was for the stimulus bill before he was against it, and he’s also on record saying that the census thing was not a big issue with him.
Stephie is following the motto of all corporate media hacks: What the public doesn’t know, I won’t tell them.

Somewhere in the world, a muslim country is missing its biggest idiot.
Posted by: Kat | Feb 12, 2009 8:00:24 PM

If this bill is signed, more jobs will be lost. Obama is backing off his previous talk aleady. No longer creating jobs but saving.
He lied to catapillar employees too.
Just wait until you all have to pay for this crap. No matter how much it fails we will be told it would have been worse.
Its nothing more than a special interest spending bill.

Senator Gregg’s withdrawal is not even close anything like this article’s title suggests. What you have going on here is a game, in my opinion, on the Republican’s part. The President has honestly attempted to include some members of the Grand Old Party in his administration. Now, the Republicans are poised to be malcontents instead of full participants in the Obama Administration’s policies. They want to be obstructionist, not partners in straightening out America’s problems. The GOP is so upset over losing the White House and control of the Congress that this is the route they want to take. You can see this tack on their part in how they took the stimulus package apart, deleting funding for very worthwhile things like school construction and upgraded learning facilities for children. The GOP wants to take credit if the stimulus fails and if it succeeds they want to say, “.. it would not have happend if we had not lowered the cost.” Senator Gregg, according to what I’ve read in the papers, approached the Obama administration officials about the vacancy at Commerce, anyway. So, don’t buy this malarky that this is an embarrassment.

Obama is our first shovel ready President.
1435 days and counting.

Hey, go over to Jake Tapper’s site, Political Punch,
and see another embarrassment for Obama.
Jake called out Obama on his falsehood regarding
the stimulus bill and Caterpillar jobs.
I would post the link but then my comment won’t go through.

Somewhere in the world, a muslim country is missing its biggest idiot.
Posted by: Kat | Feb 12, 2009 8:00:24 PM
You mean ‘its biggest USEFUL idiot’ don’t you?
Because just as Lenin applied the term, it will prove out to be the definition of Obama’s administration and all his supporters.
Good for Gregg to finally find some good sense.

We will give BO the benefit of the doubt and show him exactly the same (or more) respect as Bush 43 got starting Jan 20, 2001.

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The White House SHOULD be embarrassed. Obviously Gregg never should have been nominated. When he announced that he would not vote for the stimulus package, his nomination should have been immediately withdrawn. Cabinet members MUST support the president’s policies. If they can’t, they have no business being in the cabinet. The fact that Gregg figured this out before the Obama administration is truly embarrassing. Next time Obama reaches across the proverbial aisle, he better ask for some commitments BEFORE he makes the nomination.

The dem.s needed B.O. for one reason….. to be a smooth talking puppet that could get elected and then take his orders from Pelosi.
The dem.s were in control of Congress for the last 2 years of Bush’s administration, but Bush would not support a junk/pork bill of this magnitude…..and the dem.s knew it. They had a problem.
The dem.s needed someone who could get votes, would be so impressed with himself that he wouldn’t think too deeply, would speak only from the script/teleprompter, and would follow Pelosi’s orders.
Idiots across the country voted for the jerk and now we all have to suffer under his presidency.
He’s a former Chicago lackey politician propped up for show. His popularity was at the highest it will ever get on inauguration day. It’ll be at dirt level by the time the next election rolls around.

WH should not be embarrassed. Gregg let his Repub buddies force him out of the position. Before he took the position, he was making comments on the need for the stimulus, then after getting pressured 24/7 by his party he bowed out.
We’re a nation in great need and yet I can’t believe how many people on this board and in the Capitol Hill Repubs want him to fail. The people who blog on this board must still have a job and all their family must still have one.
All you Repubs keep talking about the stimulus and our kids future. But do the RNC have a plan other than tax cuts? What do you think anyone is going to do when they get a tax cut. They’re going to pay a bill or save it.
Exactly what type of future do you think our kids are going to have if our economy stays in the tank for the next 10 years or longer. Don’t you think the people in DNC have kids futures to worry about?
It hasn’t even been a month yet, but everyone is trying to rear this administration down. I don’t know if it’s underlying bigotry or RNC ignorance. When W made us a dictatorship and racked up the trillion dollar deficit I didn’t hear any RNC folks complaining about that fact or their children’s future.
But then again, maybe all the naysayers on this board don’t have to worry about a job or money. And they evidently know better than all the economists about what kind of stimulus package we need.

George -
This is starting to look like the Clinton Sex Impeachment !!!!
The corporate national media and the Republican Party have declared WAR on President Obama. They are on one side.
75% of the American people are on the other side and standing with Obama !!!!
This could be another media/GOP debacle.
As Karl Rove said to an ABC News staff meeting in Texas during the 2008 campaign, “If the American people get back control of their government, the national media and the Republican Party could be out of power for one hundred years.”

Bubba,
It’s time to take the blinders off. Clinton wasn’t impeached because of his ridiculous antics in the Oval office. He was impeached for lying under oath.
Oh yeah, if you think the corporate national media is on the side of the GOP then you’re really too far gone for actual facts to make a difference.
Speaking of facts, ’75%’ of the American people are on Obama’s side?? That’s funny when Obama got just a little over 50% of the vote.

This is NOT the third Commerce choice GEORGE, its the second. Get your facts straight!

Hey Georgie,,,
why not do a piece on Henrietta Huegh’s? Let’s show the poor how Obama is letting her live in a home rent free for a year. There has been nothing about that on the news. Why is that? This way EVERYONE; homeless, and jobless will KNOW WHEN OBAMA IS COMING TO GIVE THEM A HOME RENT FREE FOR ONE YEAR TOO.
ALL THE POOR AND HOMELESS ARE WAITING FOR OBAMA TO GET THEM A HOME NOW, AND A JOB.
YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ONE POOR PERSON, YOU BETTER DO IT FOR THE REST!! IF YOU DON’T,IT’S GOING TO COME BACK AND BLOW UP IN HIS FACE, AND YES,”YOUR UGLY FACE.
NICE JOB SO FAR……….ON COVERING EFFECTIVE NEWS…
SHOULD THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE COME INTO
PLAY, THE SAME RULES WILL BE APPLIED
TO THE MEDIA, AND NEWS PAPERS, AND THEN THE INTERNET, THAT MAKE FUN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I SMELL A RAT……BIG FAT UGLY RAT

YellowCobalt:
We are not the “boss”. We elected or hired President Obama to lead us. If we don’t like how he is leading us then we replace him after four years. He is the “chief executive” of the United States.

The census debate brings to the forefront one of the biggest differences between the democrats and far right republicans. Take the example of the lady from Ft. Myers Florida that lived in a car with her son, that Obama hugged. In the republican world they would not attempt to count her, in the democratic world they would.

One more thing about the census, a few years ago the Census bureau spent about a Billion dollars on automating the 2010 census. So Census takers would have hand held computers to go door to door. This also included regional and national computer centers and systems to recieved and process the results. This effort failed and was cancelled do to supposedly poor performance of the contractor during the demonstration. Now they are going back to paper. The real cause of the failure was poor management at the Census bureau, then run by the Bush adminstration. I worked on this effort, and my view of the situation was the Government had every intention that this effort would fail. The contract had ever changing requirements, and it certainly looked like that the Government was sabotaging its own effort during the demonstration effort that was required. Result was less money available to conduct the census and reliance on paper whose error rate would be substantially higher. The real result will ulitmately be the undercounting of minorities, and greater Republican reprentation than they would otherwise be entitled.

Why does the new administration remind me of he gang that couldn’t shoot straight? Let’s hope their incompetence scuttles their socialist and criminal goals.

Obama is on a roll and I congratulate him for it! Next, we need to end the H1B program that sucks BILLIONS of dollars on a cummulative bases out of the U.S. economy. The H1B program is rife with scams and fraud — similar to the mafia.
See Business Week Article:
[V]isa Fraud Sparks Arrests Nationwide
An ongoing federal probe into H-1B [v]isa fraud leads to 11 arrests and the indictment of IT services firm Vision Systems Group
By Moira Herbst

George did you cry? I bet you did.

JL – Why should Gregg be embarrassed? He was offered a job, then the administration changed the job description. He decided it wasn’t for him – it happens all the time in the corporate world. I once went on an interview where they decided to change the job description between the time they had set up the interview & when I went. I politely told them that I was no longer interested & they tried to get me to stay in the running for the job. It was no longer the type of job I wanted. Oh well…I moved on & they hired someone else. It wasn’t the end of the world for either of us. I don’t think either side needs to be embarrassed.

I know Gregg, he is a jerk and likely was playing a trojan horse. The repub’s are out of touch with america – strange they want to keep screwing us

This guy caved so badly to his GOP buddies – he was fumbling in his address not to seem like the weasel he is. It’s clear the GOP is putting up the battle of their lives. They failed horribly to control spending during the last 8 years. Now, they’re banding together to do what? Nickel and dime America in a time of near depression?

Republicans are incapable of being bipartisan. They would rather let this country suffer for years than to work with this president. Since they do not offer an alternative to what is proposed, all they can do is to spout pisonous partisan rhetoric. They bring absolutely no value to the table. The country is fed up with them. That’s why they were voted out of office twice recently and why 2012 is looking bad too. Why can’t they learn?

Gregg “withdrew” at his party’s insistance, to embarass Obama and to open the door for more poisonous rhetoric from the Right. Without being able to offer an alternative to the stimulous package, they content themselves with filling the airways with their typically poisonous rhetoric. Since this country’s success is really riding on this president success, you would think that helping this country overcome these economic challenges would be a priority, but it is apparently not for Republicans. WE are not a priority for elected Republicans. They appear incapable of bipartisanship. That being the case, they are irrelevant and the Democratic leadership should work around them. The voters spoke in 2008. Apparently Republicans did not listen.

The plan was to replace this republican with a democrat..so he had to drop out….

Gregg did the right thing. The census
being run by the executive branch is unheard of.
Perhaps Obama needs to manipulate the count to draft his citizen army to keep the masses that will riot in the streets
when they finally realize our democratic
republic is being trashed by the POTUS.
Also, by manipulating the census, the
POTUS can redraw the voting districts
in a favorable way….anyone heard of
rigging votes?? Don’t think it can’t happen in the U.S.? Just look at Minnesota’s senatorial vote problem with
Franken.
I am from Washington State and already
I have seen where the election was stolen from the duly elected governor
(Dino Rosso-R) and handed over to dem
Christine Gregoire in 2006.
We are headed down a path that I believe
MOST Americans are NOT going to follow.

Embarass Obama, that is one thing George Stephanopoulus, Charlie Gibson or ABC news would never do.They only hard question they have ever ask him was what kind of dog he was going to get?That is hard hitting news folks.Peter Jennings we miss you.

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