Breaking: Judd accepts Obama's offer to be commerce secretary

[thewiseguy]

It is on CNN.

No more details.

[snowbear]

1. Which one.. Wynonna or Naomi?

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Hirsch or Nelson?

[catnhatnh]

13. Oooh, Ohhh....

...I loved their acoustic cut of "Barracuda"...

[LakeSamish706]

2. Why can't the Governor wait until Gregg has left and then appoint a Democrat?

There would be nothing in writing and he could just say I had a Republican moment and lied.

[snowbear]

4. One of the mediaheads said it was b'cas Lynch wants to run for the senate seat next year...

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If that's the case.. it should be interesting to see who he appoints.

[ShadowLiberal]

5. I don't see why he would, but Lynch could probably beat any republican in the state

Heck, Lynch could have probably defeated Gregg himself in 2010 if he ran and Gregg stayed put. I mean the guy won his last governor's race in the largest margin of victory ever in state history.

But I really don't see why Lynch would want the senate seat, unless he fears having no other 'good' jobs to run for when he's term limited from being governor.

[Barack_America]

6. If he's smart he'll go with an Independent.

Why on God's earth would you create a Republican incumbent for a seat you're interested in running for?

[Hippo_Tron]

12. In that case he should appoint a Democratic placeholder, one who is too old to run again

[Lint Head]

7. Ashley would be an excellent choice.

:dem:

[Thrill]

8. I'm pissed off at Obama for this. This makes no damn sense at all

We gain nothing from this. You could of awarded the many Democrats who supported you with this position. And you appoint a conservative and anti labor piece of shit to an important economic position. I've supported him on his appointments for the most part. But why the hell is he trying so hard to appeal to Republicans. Fuck this.

[Cha]

9. Like Obama doesn't have

a plan. As if he's doing it just to piss you off.

[Thrill]

10. Yeah thats the argument I use to use when defending

his appointments of LaHood, Geithner, and others on this board. Now I'm not sure there is a plan for this. No matter who he appoints, Republicans aren't going to stop wanting him to fail

[Cha]

11. Sorry, I was so

snarky.. Well, this is one to especially watch and if it goes bad, ya'll can tell Obama "I told you so".

One would think there would be someone better than Judd Gregg for Commerce Sec since Richardson was chosen first.

[Better Believe It]

14. Wonderful! Let's pop the champagne! Change we can believe in!

[ericgtr]

15. Judd is being replace by a Republican - Bonnie Newman

This is a fucking outrage, a win win for the Republicans while we lose a seat. Obama needs to start thinking about his own damned party for a change here. They will never side with him and the last thing he needs to do is start alienating his own base. This is bullshit.

[Thrill]

16. I'm trying to not be upset. But I'm begining to wonder if he is really naive about Republicans

Which is a surprise considering he's been in the Senate, knowing how hateful and nasty they are. They are never going to work with him, no matter who he appoints. He needs to get it through his fucking head. THEY WANT YOU TO FAIL. And he has three of them in the cabinet. When those jobs could of went to passionate Democrats who supported him. I'm beyond pissed by this Anti Labor piece of shit being at Commerce.

[mvd]

17. I don't understand this move

If Newman goes with a filibuster of the stimulus, then I'd have to call it Obama's first big mistake.

[HughMoran]

18. Being from NH, I find this an interesting move

As much as I hated and bid good riddance to Sununu this past election, it was more difficult to be angry with Gregg as he answered my letters in a surprisingly reasonable fashion for a Republican and he had often sided with Dems - albeit for political reasons. I hope Lynch appoints somebody who can't possibly win in 2010, that's all I can say. I think a Dem has a good chance of winning anyway, so having a placeholder can't be that much of a threat.