Judd Gregg to Commerce?
Blue Hampshire has the story that Barack Obama might tap Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) as his Secretary of Commerce, the one remaining Cabinet vacancy. If this happens, our Governor, John Lynch (D), would pick Gregg's replacement. It sounds pretty legit: Gregg answered a question about Commerce, "I am not at liberty to discuss that," and his staffers are "under a hard no comment" rule.
I hope this for real - it would mean 60 Democratic senators (Maybe Governor Lynch would appoint Steve Marchand? That'd be cool - and wow, what a fast way for Jeanne Shaheen to become the senior senator.) and a third Republican in the Cabinet. Yay NH politics, yay serious cooperative bipartisanship, yay Democratic senators, yay the second and third yays on my list conflicting with one another.
H/T my friend Kaili.
Labels: Barack Obama, economics, Judd Gregg, New Hampshire, politics
posted by Nathan Empsall @ 1/29/2009 10:31:00 PM
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And Yay for the whole dog-gone thing!
So there's no law in NH that requires the governor to pick a replacement of the same party as the vacating senator?
I don't think so. Only a small handful of states have that law; it's generally wide-open.
Hello Nathan. Read it all and you never cease to amaze me. Great stuff and even greater understanding. Loved it all. Grand Dad.
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