The Obama Gang Who Can't Shoot Straight

By GottaLaff

Did you know that the Obama administration consists of a bunch of losery, lost souls who have no idea what they're doing? That's what I'm surmising from the last few seconds of a CNN discussion that I just caught. Here's a sample:

"They have no idea who their Commerce secretary will be, for example."
--Jessica Yellin

Yow! Then that whole stimulus package thing must have been a figment of our national imagination! 'Cause we all know that didn't take any coordination or real thought at all.

Their two-faced Republican nominee for Commerce who withdrew more abruptly than The Boehner on Valentine's night? Nah, Judd Gregg wasn't the one who gave everyone whiplash, it was Team Obama, for suresies. Everyone knows that.

Be afraid. The Obama Gang Who Can't Shoot Straight is in charge!

Harold Ford Jr For Commerce?

I'm all for it if it gets him off the pundit circuit.

Harold Ford Jr. for Commerce Secretary? It's something a few Democrats around town are pushing and, according to sources, the idea of appointing the former Tennessee Congressman is being given serious thought by folks high up in the Obama administration.

On paper, Ford checks a lot of boxes for a an easy-to-confirm nominee for this post: He's a pro-business Democrat (remember, this is Commerce Secretary so the job is to be a promoter of business); he's a former member of the Congressional Black Caucus (you'll recall this whole kerfuffle over control of the census under a Judd Gregg-led Commerce Dept. was started by complaints from the CBC); and he's a practiced spokesperson on TV (the Geithner rollout this week is a reminder that the administration doesn't have enough solid media savvy members of his team who can sell the administration's policies.).

There is one, potential, gigantic problem: Ford's current place of employment -- Merrill Lynch.

Question-O'-The-Day: Judd Gregg edition

By GottaLaff

Question of the day:

Now that Judd Gregg is out as Secretary of Commerce, will this remain a "Republican" position, or will President Obama go for a Democrat?

Your turn.

VIDEO: Senor Richardson's bilingual remarks as Secretary of Commerce nominee

By GottaLaff


En espanol y in English, at the end.