Sen. Menendez (D-NJ) said Gregg was under a lot of pressure from the right.

[jenmito]

Heard it on MSNBC a couple hours ago. Of COURSE that's why he withdrew (and lied about going to OBAMA for the position since he knew Obama was looking for a bipartisan cabinet). He clearly lied when he said Obama went to HIM.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Not too hot for Gregg, but loves me some Melendez.

:P

[Sultana]

16. .

:D

[ej510]

2. Repukes lie so much they believe it as fact.

[PlanetBev]

3. Under pressure from the Right

Just another way of saying "Rush made me soil my shorts."

[jenmito]

9. Rush, Hannity, Ingraham, Coulter, etc. n/t

[AlinPA]

4. Gregg also lied to Gov Lynch and to Bonnie Newman. He looks more like a slimy

politician than he did before he started this trick of his.

[Divine Discontent]

6. and we shall know them by their cowardice in the face of adversity! eom

[Barack_America]

5. I liked that he used the phrase "extreme right".

I hope more Dems start to use that.

The GOP is breaking hard right and abandoning moderates. That should be highlighted.

[Number23]

7. Makes absolute perfect sense.

And if this doesn't tell everyone EVERY SINGLE THING they need to know about the Republican party, its motives and how its members genuinely feel about this country, I don't know what will.

Obama could ask me to be the night janitor at the State Dep and I would do it because he is the President. To be asked to serve is an honor. Obama is going out of his way to bring in people with whom he disagrees (sometimes vehemently) on important issues because he wants to hear all sides and incorporate all perspectives into his policies. So for Gregg to say that he was unable to serve because of "disagreements" is a cowardly cop-out of the highest order.

He should be ashamed of himself. I find his conduct and refusal to serve the President in this time of such urgent need disgusting and completely dishonest.

[jenmito]

10. Yes-good analysis...

of course he knew it was about having people who disagreed with Obama. That's why HE asked to be PART of that...until the RW lunatics put so much pressure on him that he had to bow to them and withdraw.

[budkin]

8. Thank God, I coudln'[t be happier.

[RBInMaine]

11. FUCK FUCK FUCK THE GOP TO TEARS. STOP TRYING TO WORK WITH THE FUCKFACES !!

They are ultra-right wing FUCKHEADS !! They are out of step with America. They are out of step with the world ! They are right wing, corporate, pro-rich, screw-the-people, fucking corrupt assholes. WE won the election. FUCK THEM. You can never, ever, ever work with those SCUM !! Clinton tried, and look what they did to him. The moderate R's of the Ike era are LONG GONE !! What is left is a corrupt band of corporate, neocon, FUCKHEADS who think a tax GIVEAWAY to millionaires and billionaires is the answer to EVERYTHING.
They have one master plan: STEAL from the masses and ENRICH THE RICH !! We won the election, and our people were sent to Washington to give the country back to the people. FUCK THOSE CORPORATE ASSHOLES !! We need to get out there, superglue them to Limbaugh and all that is wrong with the world, and SMASH them down into PERMANENT minority status !!

[jenmito]

12. Nah...

Obama should KEEP reaching out to them. He wins-if not SOME Repubs. in Congress-then in the eyes of the PEOPLE. You know Obama's approval rating vs. the Repubs.' approval rating, right? Not to mention his high marks for reaching out to them.

[RBInMaine]

13. Politics is only the art of compromise with the compromiseable. There is little to work with.

In case you hadn't noticed, the R party has dissolved into an ultra-right wing band of pro corporate neocons. Their OBVIOUS master plan is to destroy American democracy, the ideal of egalitarianism, and the very middle and working class backbone of the country in order to enrich their corporate benefactors. This has been a decades-long objective. That is why they PLANNED to consolidate the media into right wing propaganda. That is why they PLAN to demonize the idea of anything that is good for the people as "socialism" (i.e. national healthcare, environmental regulations, fair and progressive taxation, college tuition assistance, and on and on and on). As we speak the base of the R party is out to destroy the careers of the few remaining moderates in their party because they had the audacity to work with Obama and Democrats. Understand well my friend what the American Republican Party has become. It is has become the AMERICAN RIGHT WING FACSIST PARTY ! Their CRIMES are HORRENDOUS, their extreme ideology is plain as day, and their master plan is clear as crystal. Right now they are hoping, praying, and working overtime to try to ensure that Obama fails so that they can regain ground in the next election cycle. It is all they know. What is their idea of stimulus? MORE TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH AND THE CORPORATIONS and little else. Want that? We WON, they LOST. The people SPOKE ! NO ! The goal here is to continue to WIN the popular political argument just as Obama is out there doing. He reached out. Dems reached out. And the R's bit their hands. The people voted for a new direction. A new approach. They rejected more of the neocon same. Now is the time to continue to win that debate, continue to build a populist and progressive movement, and continue to NATIONALLY REJECT more right wing neoconism as offered by the R party.

[dcindian]

14. Oh I can believe that.

Seems to make so much sense. I wonder how much they threatened his family in order to secure his little show? Maybe someone could help him and his family out and have the justice department take a look into it.

[WolverineDG]

15. The beauty part of this is Gregg made himself look like an idiot

Now everyone knows that he's fickle & his credibility has gone down a few notches. Obama being gracious & not knee-capping him for bowing out makes it easier to get a Dem in his seat when he's up for re-election.

dg