Judd The Dud

I think I have a great idea for how the federal government can save money.

Abolish the Commerce Department! Think of the savings from all the bureaucracy you could eliminate!

Abolishing this department is probably the easiest thing for President Obama to do. It would certainly be easier for him than appointing someone to head it!

Thanks for nothing, Judd Gregg. :-p

Who's In Charge Here?

Tom Daschle is out even as Judd Gregg is in. President Obama finally got around to naming a Commerce Secretary, Republican Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, only to see Tom Daschle bow out as the designated Secretary of Health of Human Services due to tax problems. We may have lost one of the best people to push meaningful health care reform through Congress, which given the fact that health care reform hasn't been achieved for forty years, isn't all that serious.

Meanwhile, Minnesota still hasn't settled its U.S. Senate election.