Gregg Will Help Move Entitlement Reform
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 6th, 2009 5:39 am by HL
Gregg Will Help Move Entitlement Reform
WASHINGTON — In a striking repetition of the up-and-down pattern of the Democratic primaries a year ago, President Obama filled one Cabinet vacancy on Tuesday but saw another one embarrassingly come open. I had just begun a column congratulating him on recruiting Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire as commerce secretary when news broke that Tom Daschle, the former Senate majority leader who left lots of taxes unpaid, was withdrawing as the nominee for secretary of health and human services.
It’s Going to Get Worse for Wall Street Execs
WASHINGTON — Hot tip to Wall Street: We don’t have Tom Daschle to kick around anymore. Or even Rod Blagojevich. You may wonder what the now-withdrawn Cabinet nominee and the now-removed Illinois governor have to do with you. Well, a very good editor once told me that Washington can handle just two stories at a time.
