Obama to make controversial pick for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration?

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Maybe it’s Barack Obama’s way of sticking it to those pesky auto safety advocates.

Corporate Crime Reporter has learned that Mayer Brown partner Philip Recht is on a short list of candidates to be head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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But Recht is anathema to the auto safety community.

Under President Clinton, Recht was chief counsel (1994-1995) and then deputy administrator (1995-1999) at NHTSA.

Auto safety advocates complain that while at the auto safety agency, Recht coddled the industry.

http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/recht021809.htm

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

1. kick

[Kdillard]

2. I hope Obama will pick someone else.