Judd Gregg Resigns as Nominee for Commerce Secretary

 Today Senator Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination to become President Barry Obama’s Commerce Secretary dealing yet another blow to Obama’s scandal ridden cabinet.

 This withdrawal, for once, had nothing to do with tax problems. Or the campaign finance and ethics violations like the man that Judd Gregg was replacing is having to deal with.

 This withdrawal was about irreconcilable differences between the administration and SenatorGregg. Senator Gregg specifically mentioned the stimulus bill but I believe there is an issue that was much more of a thorn in his side. An issue that he just couldn’t get past. An issue that he just couldn’t accept. I believe this because Senator Gregg knew where Barry stood on the issues, he knew where Obama stood on the stimulus and yet he still agreed to join his cabinet so there must be more. And there is.

 Just days after Judd Gregg was announced as President Obama’s choice for Commerce Secretary, a move solely designed to secure a 60 vote majority in the senate, the president tried to pull a fast one on Gregg straight out of the Chicago politics playbook. He took away the biggest responsibility that the Commerce Secretary has and put it in his own hands. The execution of the census. Barry Obama had so much faith in his new Commerce Secretary designate that he stripped from him his biggest responsibility. This must have irritated the living hell out of Gregg who must feel that he was played for a fool.

 So today Judd Gregg dealt Barry Obama the same type of embarrassment that he was probably feeling himself ever since Obama announced his decision to take over the census  himself.