Judd Gregg Decides Not to Run For Re-election in 2010

 Yesterday Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination for Commerce Secretary in Obama’s administration. He did this in my opinion for one reason and one reason only– the census.

 President Obama, after Gregg accepted the nomination, removed the biggest responsibility of the Commerce Secretary from his control. President Obama has handed the responsibility of the census over to his chief of staff, this is the first time in Unites States history that the census will be controlled by the president. This is being done for political reasons because the results that Obama receives from the census will be used to redistrict the house of representatives. Clearly a political power grab.

 This embarrassed and humiliated Judd Gregg who realized that Obama played him for a fool. Obama reached across the isle all right. He reached across and took power away from his Commerce Secretary and put it in his own hands. Judd Gregg had no option but to resign on principle alone.

 Today the news comes that Judd Gregg is not going to run for re-election in 2010, I think that he may have been leaning towards retiring from the senate before he accepted Obama’s nomination, that may have been part of the reason that he accepted the nomination.

 I am sure that Gregg feels betrayed by Obama and embarrassed and that may be part of his reasoning also.

 It may be a good thing for Republicans that Gregg has decided not to run for re-election, Gregg has drawn allot of ill will over this whole fiasco. First with his supporters and Republicans who felt that he abandoned the party and the state by accepting the nomination in the first place. And secondly, on his withdrawal from consideration for the position, by Obama supporters who are extremely pissed of at Gregg because they feel this was nothing but a political ploy to embarrass Obama.

 Clearly the Obama supporters are not thinking with clear heads on this issue. Gregg comes off worse than Obama in this whole fiasco. Gregg’s name is being run through the mud while people just look at Obama and see nothing new, just another appointee to his cabinet that has a controversy or resigned.

 Gregg has built up so much ill will here that it is probably best to have another Republican candidate try to win the seat in 2010. Until then we will just have to hope that Gregg extracts his payback over the next two years for the injustices done to him by Obama and his unprecedented power grab.