Gregg pulls out of nomination - NOT ENOUGH TAX CUTS

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Democrats, I wouldn't be too excited about the possibility of Lynch getting to appoint a successor to Gregg. Lynch isn't the most progressive of the Democrats...

Even if Lynch appoints a Rethuglican, he or she still won't be as strong as Gregg and thus much easier to knock out in 2010. Honestly, there really is no way to defeat Gregg sans Lynch but any other thug would be beatable.

Gregg isn't unbeatable, the last poll I saw only had him leading Hodes by seven points. Either way, I'm less worried about Lynch appointing a Republican than I am about him finding some DINO to drop in the seat until hell freezes over.

True, as the Republican party really stops being any sort of viable alternative party, bad Democrats will get away with more and more. It was a lot of work to narrowly primary Joe Lieberman, primarying Democrats doesn't usually work. The liberal base does not have the power to do these kinds of things. Trash like Lipinski and Bill Jefferson survived primaries.

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If the Republicans insist on having Gregg replaced with a Republican, how about David Souter?

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I don't understand why Gregg, anyways. If for some crazy hair-brained reason Obama wants to appoint a Senate Republican to Commerce, Grassley would be better, anyways.

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Not a good idea if Gregg is replaced by a Republican.  Gregg votes like a Democrat so I would prefer that he stayed in the Senate, but I would like someone liberal in the Cabinet.

Democrats don't vote to repeal the minimum wage.

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No, but on most issues he votes like a Democrat.  Which is why I would prefer him in the Senate rather than in the Cabinet, especially since he will be replaced by another Republican.

What are "most issues"? Considering that 86% of Americans supported raising the minimum wage a couple of years ago, eliminating the minimum wage is a particularly extreme view.

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No, but on most issues he votes like a Democrat.  Which is why I would prefer him in the Senate rather than in the Cabinet, especially since he will be replaced by another Republican.

What are "most issues"? Considering that 86% of Americans supported raising the minimum wage a couple of years ago, eliminating the minimum wage is a particularly extreme view.

So you want him to become Secretary of Commerce?  Because that's what I'm arguing against, something you obviously cannot understand.

Of course I don't. I want his butt kicked in the 2010 election.

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Well he will be around for 4 more years and not only that, he also got to choose his replacement (she's supposedly a RINO, but she was a Reagan/Bush staffer).

Let me guess, a RINO who has lots of extreme right views like wanting to repeal the minimum wage? RINO doesn't mean that you occasionally disagree with Rush Limbaugh.

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Excellent news that this garbage won't be part of the Obama administration.